Baseball Game Recap: Royal Valley Panthers vs. Rossville Bulldogs

By Team Reports Apr 17, 2024, 10:56am

Baseball Recap: Royal Valley Panthers vs. Rossville Bulldogs

Sadly, Royal Valley is still looking for their first win of the season after eight matchups. They fell victim to a rough 15-1 defeat at the hands of the Rossville Bulldogs on Tuesday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Royal Valley of the 14-1 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2023.

For Rossville's part, Cameron Miller and Logan Kufahl made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Miller struck out eight batters over 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Meanwhile, Kufahl tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Miller has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Miller scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Kufahl scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Seth Catron, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Cael Horgan, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Royal Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Rossville, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 9-2.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Royal Valley by a score of 5-1 later that day.

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