VAN BUREN 6 RIVERDALE 5 VAN BUREN – Van Buren took a 5-2 lead into the seventh inning but needed a clutch run in the bottom of the ninth to outlast Riverdale, 6-5, in a BVC matchup on Wednesday. Blake Stutzman drove in four runs with two hits. Will Rampe (2-1B) and Finn Martin knocked in runs as well as Van Buren (3-4) ended a three-game losing streak. Canyn Schofield, the third of three Van Buren pitchers, earned the win with 2 2/3 innings of relief. Van Buren starter Brayden Gilts and relievers Matthew Puperi and Schofield gave up just three hits over nine innings. Tate Weber went a gutsy eight innings for Riverdale, allowing six runs on six hits and striking out five. Reydon Bishop’s two singles accounted for two of the three hits by the Falcons (1-4, 0-2 BVC). Riverdale 001 001 300—5 3 2 Van Buren 100 202 001—6 7 2 WP—Schofield. LP—Weber. TOP HITTERS: (Riv) Bishop 2-1B. (VB) Rampe 2-1B, RBI: Martin 1B, RBI; Stutzman 2-1B, 4 RBI. RECORDS: Riverdale 1-4, 0-2 BVC; Van Buren 4-3, 1-0 BVC.