Baseball Recap: Roosevelt Roughriders vs. Jackson-Reed Tigers
It was a good run, but Roosevelt unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Monday. They suffered a rough 24-0 defeat at the hands of the Jackson-Reed Tigers. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Roosevelt in their matchups with Jackson-Reed: they've now lost eight in a row.
Roosevelt saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Destin Norman, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base.
On Jackson-Reed's side, Liam Blick looked comfortable as he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Etan Rosario was a standout: he got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Jack Jannsen was another key contributor, going 3-for-3 with four runs, four RBI, and a double.
Roosevelt's defeat dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Jackson-Reed, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Roosevelt will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against DC International at 4:00 p.m. DC International's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Roosevelt's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Jackson-Reed, they will head out on the road to take on Dunbar at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Dunbar: 1.7, Jackson-Reed: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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