The Pleasant Ridge Rams will challenge the Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] Cyclones at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pleasant Ridge is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Pleasant Ridge played against Atchison County on Monday and won via forfeit.
Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] came up short against Valley Falls on Thursday, falling 14-2. The Cyclones haven't had much luck with the Dragons recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Benitz, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and two doubles.
Pleasant Ridge's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-5-1. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Riverside [Wathena/Elwood], their loss dropped their record down to 11-3.
Pleasant Ridge beat Riverside [Wathena/Elwood] 5-1 in their previous meeting back in May of 2018. Do the Rams have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cyclones turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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