Staples-Motley is 0-4 against Royalton since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Staples-Motley Cardinals will be staying on the road to face off against the Royalton Royals at 4:30 p.m. Staples-Motley's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Royalton's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Staples-Motley will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by ten) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Pillager a 2-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Royalton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell just short of Upsala/Swanville by a score of 4-3. That's two games in a row now that Royalton has lost by just one run.
Staples-Motley is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Royalton, their loss dropped their record down to 5-14.
Staples-Motley might still be hurting after the 11-3 defeat they got from Royalton in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Staples-Motley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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