The Midwest Central Raiders will take on the Monmouth United Red Storm at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Midwest Central has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Monmouth United will arrive with ten straight wins.
Midwest Central fell victim to Brimfield and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They came up short against the Indians, falling 16-0.
Meanwhile, while Monmouth United put up plenty of runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Bushnell-Prairie City. The Red Storm put the hurt on the Spartans with a sharp 18-0 victory. Considering the Red Storm have won 12 matchups by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Tanner Rogers looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Egan Marshall, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four runs, three RBI, and one triple. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Elliott Copeland, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Monmouth United always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .619. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bushnell-Prairie City only posted an OBP of .238.
Monmouth United pushed their record up to 28-4 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.4 runs over those games. As for Midwest Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-17.
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