The Rossville Hornets will face off against the West Lafayette Red Devils at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Rossville is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
On Saturday, Rossville earned an 8-5 victory over Twin Lakes.
The team relied heavily on RJ Vantuinen, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, two doubles, and one stolen base. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Britt, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.
Rossville always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .568. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Twin Lakes only posted an OBP of .421.
Meanwhile, West Lafayette fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Crawfordsville on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Athenians. The loss continues a trend for the Red Devils in their meetings with the Athenians: they've now lost seven in a row.
West Lafayette saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braylon Crisp, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
Rossville pushed their record up to 15-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for West Lafayette, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-8.
Rossville was able to grind out a solid win over West Lafayette when the teams last played back in April of 2021, winning 9-5. Will the Hornets repeat their success, or do the Red Devils have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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