Softball Preview: Roosevelt Roughriders vs. Mountain View Mountain Lions
Roosevelt is 8-0 against Mountain View since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Roosevelt Roughriders will be playing at home against the Mountain View Mountain Lions at 11:00 a.m. Roosevelt will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Roosevelt gave up the first runs on Thursday, but they didn't let that get them down. Everything went their way against Wellington as Roosevelt made off with a 14-4 win. Considering the Roughriders have won eight games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Brooke McNeil made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in hits. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-4 with a triple, a double, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Roosevelt let Kenli Kern and Makayla Maddox loose on the outfield. Kern went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles, while Maddox scored three runs while going 3-for-3. What's more, Kern also posted a .667 batting average, which is the highestshe's posted since back in August. Lily Wiese was another key player, scoring three runs while going 1-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Roosevelt always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .513. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're OBP total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Mountain View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss. They lost 14-5 to Timnath.
Roosevelt's victory bumped their record up to 12-1. As for Mountain View, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
Everything went Roosevelt's way against Mountain View when the teams last played last Monday as Roosevelt made off with a 16-0 win. Will Roosevelt repeat their success, or does Mountain View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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