The Capital Bruins will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Sentinel Spartans at 11:00 p.m. Capital will stroll in with a four game home winning streak (dating back to last season), but they should still watch out: the last time they lost at home was their May 16 matchup with Sentinel.
Capital is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Big Sky, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Capital was ranked fourth). Capital took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Big Sky on Tuesday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Capital has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Sentinel was able to grind out a solid victory over Butte on Monday, taking the game 11-7. The win made it back-to-back victories for Sentinel.
Sentinel got a massive performance out of Nina Samoury, who went 3-for-4 with a home run and five RBI. Kennedy Dypwick was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI.
Capital's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2. As for Sentinel, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Capital came up short against Sentinel when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 7-4. Can Capital avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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