The Rochester Zebras will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Twin Lakes Indians at 11:00 a.m. Rochester is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
Rochester will head into Wednesday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the six-run they dealt Lewis Cass on Wednesday. Rochester put the hurt on Lewis Cass with a sharp 7-1 win. Seven seems to be a good number for Rochester as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Colton Ferverda and Carson Paulik did most of the damage at the plate: Ferverda scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Paulik went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Tanner Reinartz was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Twin Lakes had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They skirted past the Patriots 4-3.
Twin Lakes' win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Carson Wagner, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Rochester pushed their record up to 15-8 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Twin Lakes, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Saturday as neither team is afraid to steal. Rochester has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 2.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Twin Lakes struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.1. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Rochester couldn't quite finish off Twin Lakes when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 9-7. Can Rochester avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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