Tulia is 0-9 against River Road since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Tulia Hornets will be playing in front of their home fans against the River Road Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. After the pair made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Monday.
In what's become a running theme this season, Tulia gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They never let Canadian onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The win was just what Tulia needed coming off of a 28-3 defeat in their prior match.
Kyla Rodriguez was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Rodriguez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 11 consecutive pitching appearances. Rodriguez was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Daylynn Brookins was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 4-for-4. Another player making a difference was Cece Abeja, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, River Road scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They blew past Canadian 24-0. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Tulia has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10-2 record this season. As for River Road, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 14-8.
Tulia couldn't quite finish off River Road in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of River Road's Carolyn Koval, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Now that Tulia knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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