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| 04/18/24 - Away | 12-10 W |
| 04/15/24 - Home | 13-1 W |
| 05/17/23 - Neutral | 5-1 W |
| 04/20/23 - Home | 3-7 L |
| 04/17/23 - Away | 4-7 L |
| + 5 more games |
Riverdale and Orion are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Rams will host the Chargers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
Riverdale blew Mendota out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Saturday Mendota got their revenge. The Rams fell just short of the Trojans by a score of 3-1. The Rams have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Riverdale saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Nadolson, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Orion had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They walked away with a 10-6 victory over the Blue Bullets. While the Chargers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Orion's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-6. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Riverdale, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Riverdale came out on top in a nail-biter against Orion in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, sneaking past 12-10. Will the Rams repeat their success, or do the Chargers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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