The Greeley West Spartans will head out to challenge the Roosevelt Roughriders at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Greeley West has five straight victories, Roosevelt has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Greeley West's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Greeley Central as Greeley West made off with a 23-0 win. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matches by eight runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt suffered their closest loss since September 7, 2023 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Northridge by a score of 5-3.
Roosevelt saw nine different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenli Kern, who scored a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Lily Wiese, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Even though they lost, Roosevelt hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're strikeout total in three consecutive contests.
Greeley West has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 17-5 record this season. As for Roosevelt, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-4.
Greeley West came up short against Roosevelt in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 5-2. Can Greeley West avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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