The Rockridge Rockets will head out on the road to take on the Erie-Prophetstown Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rockridge has five straight victories, Erie-Prophetstown has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Rockridge will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Sherrard, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Rockridge narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Sherrard 3-1.
Rockridge got a great performance from Carsen Dekeyrel as he struck out nine batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, Tanner Dye was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Erie-Prophetstown lost 11-1 to Sherrard on Tuesday.
Rockridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-13 record this season. As for Erie-Prophetstown, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.
Rockridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Erie-Prophetstown in their previous meeting on Monday, sneaking past 8-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rockridge since the team 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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