The Maple River Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Chargers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Maple River has six straight wins, Minnesota Valley Lutheran has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
16 must be Maple River's lucky number: they beat Sibley East with that score not once but twice on Tuesday. The Eagles were the clear victors by a 16-0 margin over the Wolverines. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Minnesota Valley Lutheran came up short against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop on Friday, falling 12-3.
Minnesota Valley Lutheran saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nora Grace Otto, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI. Those hits were Otto's first of the season.
Maple River's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.7 runs over those games. As for Minnesota Valley Lutheran, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
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