Baseball Preview: Spring Lake Park Panthers vs. Rogers Royals
Spring Lake Park is 0-5 against Rogers since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Spring Lake Park Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Rogers Royals at 4:30 p.m. Spring Lake Park's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Rogers' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Spring Lake Park will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Blaine, who they hadn't topped in eight consecutive meetings. Spring Lake Park walked away with a 7-2 win over Blaine on Monday.
Spring Lake Park got a great performance from Matthew Grundtner as he struck out ten batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
At the plate, Chase Neiger was incredible, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Meyer, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Rogers fell victim to Stillwater and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Ponies. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Rogers' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Spring Lake Park's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Rogers, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Spring Lake Park came up short against Rogers in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, falling 6-2. Can Spring Lake Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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