The Riverside Argonauts will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Bethesda Christian Patriots at 5:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
After dropping their season opener at home, Bethesda Christian is headed out to face a Argonauts team ready to give their home crowd a win. Riverside lost 20-14 to Indianapolis Shortridge two weeks ago.
Riverside saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Audrey Sanders, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jordan Carroll, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Riverside was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Indianapolis Shortridge only posted a batting average of .111.
Meanwhile, Bethesda Christian can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. They blew past Cloverdale 13-5. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Bethesda Christian.
Annah Heath made a splash while hitting and pitching. She pitched seven innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits. Heath was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with four RBI.
In other batting news, Eliza Gibbs and Avery Gibbs did most of the damage at the plate: Gibbs scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Gibbs scored three runs and stole three bases. Gibbs is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. Hana Henry was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base.
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