The Youngker Roughriders will head out to face off against the Kellis Cougars at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Youngker has seven straight victories, Kellis has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Youngker proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by ten) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Desert Edge 7-5.
Matthew Carroll looked comfortable as he tossed 3.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Riley Carteno was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Kellis challenged Willow Canyon on Wednesday. The Cougars came up short against the Wildcats, falling 17-4. That's two games in a row now that the Cougars have lost by exactly 13 runs.
Kellis saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Julian Giddens, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Youngker's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-5. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Kellis, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.
Youngker suffered a grim 14-2 defeat to Kellis in their previous meeting back in April of 2015. Can the Roughriders avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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