After three games on the road, Christian Brothers is heading back home. They will take on the Roseville Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Christian Brothers will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Vista del Lago, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Christian Brothers never let Vista del Lago onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday.
Not much got past Maya Filger, who gave up just four hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Vista del Lago off the board.
On the hitting side, Christian Brothers saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josephine Eschelman, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Roseville can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. They blew past Bella Vista 9-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for Roseville.
The team relied heavily on Karissa Avila, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Sierra Hanna, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Christian Brothers is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for Roseville, their win bumped their record up to 17-11.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Christian Brothers hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Roseville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.9. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Christian Brothers skirted past Roseville 6-5 in their previous matchup back in April. Does Christian Brothers have another victory up their sleeve, or will Roseville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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