Roosevelt is 1-9 against McLane since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Roosevelt Rough Riders will be playing in front of their home fans against the McLane Highlanders at 3:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Roosevelt 2.8, McLane 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
McLane will be up against a hot Roosevelt squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Roosevelt was the clear victors by an 11-1 margin over Kings Christian on Wednesday. Considering the Rough Riders have won four matchups by more than nine runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Rocko Portillo made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in April of 2024. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing Three bases. while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Brian Roberson and Manny Molano did most of the damage at the plate: Roberson scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Molano scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Roosevelt always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .633. The last time their OBP was this high was back in February of 2024.
Meanwhile, McLane suffered their biggest defeat since April 23, 2024 on Tuesday. They lost 8-1 to Sierra. The Highlanders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
McLane's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Roosevelt, their win bumped their record up to 7-1-1.
Roosevelt might still be hurting after the 10-2 defeat they got from McLane in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Can Roosevelt avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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