The Forest Wildcats will face off against the Citrus Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Forest can't be too happy about their upcoming road matchup considering what happened when they opened their season away from home on Tuesday. They fell just short of North Marion by a score of 10-9.
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Ryan Cushenbery and Hayden Rickman stepped up to the plate in a big way. Cushenbery went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and two RBI, while Rickman went 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base. Rickman is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Vargas, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs.
Meanwhile, Citrus was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Belleview, falling 12-2.
Citrus saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Weston Brannen, who went 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Forest was able to grind out a solid win over Citrus when the teams last played back in April of 2019, winning 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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