Riverdale has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Liberty-Benton Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Riverdale: 3.7, Liberty-Benton: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Riverdale gave up the first runs on Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They had just enough and edged Elmwood out 10-9.
Mason Guckes was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Liberty-Benton gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. Everything went their way against Pandora-Gilboa as Liberty-Benton made off with a 10-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Liberty-Benton.
Riverdale pushed their record up to 13-2 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Liberty-Benton, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season.
Riverdale suffered a grim 14-1 defeat to Liberty-Benton when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Riverdale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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