The Highland Park Hornets will challenge the Ropes Eagles at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Highland Park comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Highland Park lost 17-10 to Sunray on Wednesday.
Haley Rogers and Kaitlin Lucas stepped up to the plate in a big way. Rogers got on base in three of her five plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base, while Lucas got on base in four of her five plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. That triple was Rogers' first of the season. Evelynn Oliver was another key player, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with three RBI.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ropes). Everything went their way against O'Donnell on Tuesday as they made off with a 22-5 victory. That's two games straight that Ropes has won by exactly 17 runs.
Ropes has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.5 runs over those games. As for Highland Park, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
Highland Park suffered a grim 13-4 defeat to Ropes when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will the Hornets have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more softball content.
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