The Hopkins Royals will be playing at home against the Minnetonka Skippers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither Hopkins nor Minnetonka posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Hopkins will head into Wednesday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Wednesday. They lost 8-2 to Buffalo.
Meanwhile, Minnetonka waltzed into their game on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They beat the Hornets by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-1.
Minnetonka got a great performance from Maxwell Nelson as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 5.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Minnetonka saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colten Benedict, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Hopkins has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-13 record this season. As for Minnetonka, they pushed their record up to 13-7 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
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