The Roosevelt Roughriders will venture away from home to face off against the Berthoud Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Roosevelt sitting on ten straight victories and Berthoud on eight.
Roosevelt is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Severance, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Roosevelt was ranked eighth). Roosevelt won by a run and slipped past Severance 1-0. The one-run effort marked the Roughriders' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Not much got past Lilly Rosenthal, who gave up just four hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep Severance off the board. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in strikeouts.
At the plate, Roosevelt's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Molly Vetter, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Roosevelt didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Berthoud). They were the clear victor by a 23-2 margin over Thompson Valley on Tuesday. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by eight runs or more this season.
Berthoud got a massive performance out of Annabelle Hughes, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Lexi Griffin, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Roosevelt's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0. As for Berthoud, their record now sits at 10-1.
Thursday's contest might come down to which pitcher can control the ball better. Roosevelt has hit smart this season, having averaged an OBP of 0. However, it's not like Berthoud struggles in that department as they've averaged 0. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Roosevelt took their win against Berthoud in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 by a conclusive 11-1. Does Roosevelt have another victory up their sleeve, or will Berthoud turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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