Roosevelt and Highland are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Roosevelt Rough Riders will head out on the road to square off against the Highland Hornets at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Roosevelt is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses.
Roosevelt fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Aurora on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Greenmen by a score of 6-5.
Meanwhile, Highland waltzed into their contest on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Indians by a score of 8-3. Eight seems to be a good number for Highland as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jayden Barr was incredible, going 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Matt Fillinger, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Roosevelt's defeat dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Highland, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Roosevelt couldn't quite finish off Highland when the teams last played back in April of 2023 and fell 3-1. Can Roosevelt avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps