The Riverview Raiders will venture away from home to square off against the Highlands Golden Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Riverview is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Highlands' hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Riverview hadn't allowed a single run the last four times they've hit the field. Riverview never let Carlynton get on the board and left with an 8-0 victory on Tuesday. Fans of the Raiders have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
The result came thanks to Lukas Duncan's shutout, as he gave up just a hit and racked up 11 Ks.
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On the hitting side, Riverview got a massive performance out of Tyler Aftanas, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Those four stolen bases gave Aftanas a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Miles Duncan, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Highlands was able to grind out a solid win over Shady Side Academy on Tuesday, taking the game 4-0.
Kristian Kocon was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero). He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one home run and three RBI.
Kocon wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jake King, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. King has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Riverview's record is now 5-0. As for Highlands, their record now sits at 2-0.
Everything went Riverview's way against Highlands in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as Riverview made off with a 12-6 victory. Does Riverview have another victory up their sleeve, or will Highlands turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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