Fruita Monument is 10-0 against Montrose since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Fruita Monument Wildcats have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Montrose Red Hawks at 3:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Tuesday.
Last Saturday, Fruita Monument made easy work of Heritage and carried off an 8-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won seven matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Lacie Rodabaugh made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run and five RBI.
In other batting news, Angelina Fortunato was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Fruita Monument didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 6.8.
Meanwhile, Montrose won against Bennett on Saturday with 20 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Montrose was the clear victor by a 20-5 margin over Bennett. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Red Hawks.
Fruita Monument pushed their record up to 12-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Montrose, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-11 record this season.
Fruita Monument took their win against Montrose when the teams last played on September 14th by a conclusive 19-1. Does Fruita Monument have another victory up their sleeve, or will Montrose turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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