After three games on the road, Riverton is heading back home. They will take on the Mountain Ridge Sentinels at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The last three games Riverton has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Wednesday, Riverton never let their opponents score. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Syracuse 2-0. Two seems to be a good number for Riverton as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Riverton got a great performance from Cooper Hansen as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over 5.1 innings pitched. Hansen has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Riverton's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Carson Moody, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge waltzed into their game on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with an 8-3 win over the Mustangs.
Riverton pushed their record up to 6-4 with that victory, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs per game. As for Mountain Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
Everything went Riverton's way against Mountain Ridge when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Riverton made off with an 8-1 win. Will Riverton repeat their success, or does Mountain Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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