Softball Preview: Shadle Park Highlanders vs. Rogers Pirates
Shadle Park is 10-0 against Rogers since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Shadle Park Highlanders will head out on the road to take on the Rogers Pirates at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shadle Park has three straight wins, Rogers has 20 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Shadle Park scored the most runs they've had all season to find success last Saturday. They blew past East Valley 18-3. Considering Shadle Park has won four contests by more than nine runs this season, last Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Crimson Rice made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 16 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Rice has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Rice was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a home run and five runs.
In other batting news, Courtney Brown was incredible, going 4-for-5 with five runs, two triples, and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Laniya Mawdsley-Cabrera, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Rogers fell victim to a rough 23-2 defeat at the hands of West Valley last Saturday.
Shadle Park's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Rogers, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Shadle Park's way against Rogers in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Shadle Park made off with a 22-0 win. Does Shadle Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rogers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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