Riverheads and Stuarts Draft are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2018, but likely not for long. The Riverheads Gladiators will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Stuarts Draft Cougars at 5:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Riverheads is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Staunton onto the board and left with a 15-0 win on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Riverheads with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Stuarts Draft waltzed into their game on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They blew past the Indians 13-2.
Karlee Layne made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Layne has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Layne was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Lillian Krieg was a standout: she scored two runs while going 4-for-4. Emberly Coffey was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI.
The victory made it two in a row for Riverheads and bumps their season record up to 5-6. As for Stuarts Draft, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4-2.
Riverheads suffered a grim 14-3 defeat to Stuarts Draft in their previous meeting on April 2nd. Will Riverheads have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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