The Rogers Vikings will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Tolman Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Tolman is hoping to do on Friday what Classical couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Rogers' winning streak, which now stands at six games. Rogers' pitcher stepped up to hand Classical a 10-0 shutout.
Rogers got a massive performance out of Benjamin Borgueta, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Borgueta has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last nine times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Darren Carter, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Tolman had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Monday. They put the hurt on the Blue Wave with a sharp 10-1 victory.
Rogers has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5-1 record this season. As for Tolman, they pushed their record up to 17-4 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Rogers came up short against Tolman in their previous meeting back in April, falling 8-5. Can Rogers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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