The Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the Kewanee Boilermakers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] has three straight wins, Kewanee has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] made easy work of Bushnell-Prairie City and carried off a 15-5 victory.
Alex White was a standout: he scored a run while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Matt Maher, who went 1-for-5 with four RBI, a run, and a double.
Meanwhile, Kewanee fell victim to a tough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Princeville on Tuesday.
Kewanee saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colson Welgat, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Ben Taylor was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.2 runs per game. As for Kewanee, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Kewanee's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of .478. It's a different story for Kewanee, though, as they've only averaged .320. Will they be able to contain Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]'s hitters?
Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] beat Kewanee 5-2 in their previous matchup back in May of 2018. Does Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] have another victory up their sleeve, or will Kewanee turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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