Baseball Preview: Rogers Royals vs. Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Pirates
Rogers has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Monday, Rogers came up short against Minnetonka and fell 4-1.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Belle Plaine on Thursday.
Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha got a good showing from Cooper Peterson, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Peterson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits every time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ty Lovcik, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Rogers' loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-6. As for Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha, they dropped their record down to 12-8 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.
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