The Maple Grove Crimson are taking a road trip to take on the St. Michael-Albertville Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Maple Grove's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so St. Michael-Albertville's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Maple Grove is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Mankato East on Friday. They fell 6-1 to the Cougars. The game marked the Crimson's lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, St. Michael-Albertville came up short against Minnetonka on Wednesday and fell 6-3. The loss was the Knights' first of the season.
With the defeat, Maple Grove broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 4-2. As for St. Michael-Albertville, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Maple Grove beat St. Michael-Albertville 12-7 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Crimson since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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