Softball Game Preview: Rosemount Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 12, 2024, 6:31am

Softball Preview: Rosemount Irish vs. Shakopee Sabers

The Rosemount Irish will head out on the road to square off against the Shakopee Sabers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Rosemount is looking to tack on another W to their 17-game streak on the road dating back to last season.

Rosemount is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Waconia with a sharp 23-10 victory on Saturday. Rosemount might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won nine contests by eight runs or more this season.

Meanwhile, Shakopee waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Lightning as they made off with a 12-2 win. Considering Shakopee has won seven matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Rosemount has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season. As for Shakopee, their victory bumped their record up to 17-2-1.

Rosemount came out on top in a nail-biter against Shakopee in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rosemount since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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