The Riverside Rebels will take on the Woodlawn Bears at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Woodlawn will be up against a hot Riverside squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Riverside's pitchers stepped up to hand Westside a 13-0 shutout on Friday. The match marked the Rebels' most dominant win of the season so far.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Woodlawn). They put the hurt on McGehee with a sharp 12-0 victory on Thursday. The Bears haven't had any issues with the Owls recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Woodlawn let Peyton Wells and Hollis Holderfield run wild. Wells went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and one stolen base, while Holderfield scored two runs and stole Three bases. while going 2-for-2. That home run marked the first that Wells launched this season. Another player making a difference was Tate Hall, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.
Woodlawn always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .594. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.
Woodlawn's victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Riverside, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
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