The Rogers Royals will square off against the Stillwater Ponies at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Rogers sitting on five straight victories and Stillwater on three.
If Rogers beats Stillwater with four runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Royals beat Eden Prairie on Saturday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-1.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Stillwater). They blew past Cretin-Derham Hall 14-2 on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Ponies, who have now won seven matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Stillwater got a great performance from Ella Boston as she struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and not a single walk). Boston has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Katie Lunan and Mila Lobinsky did most of the damage at the plate: Lunan went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Lobinsky went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Those three RBI gave Lobinsky a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Amber Buchkoski, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one RBI.
Stillwater always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .613. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in four consecutive games.
Stillwater's win bumped their record up to 13-4. As for Rogers, their victory bumped their record up to 15-2.
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