Baseball Preview: Tolman Tigers vs. Rogers Vikings
The Tolman Tigers will challenge the Rogers Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Tolman: 3, Rogers: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Tolman is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past Mt. Pleasant 11-10. Tolman's win was all the more impressive since Mt. Pleasant was averaging only 3.68 runs allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, Rogers faced Tolman in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Rogers came out on top against Tolman by a score of 5-2. Winning may never get old, but Rogers sure is getting used to it with their eighth in a row.
Darren Carter was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last seven games he's played. Trenton Carter was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Tolman has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Rogers, they pushed their record up to 16-5-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Tolman came up short against Rogers in their previous matchup on Wednesday, falling 5-2. Can Tolman avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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