The Tonganoxie Chieftains will head out on the road to challenge the Rock Creek Mustangs on Tuesday. Tonganoxie will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Tonganoxie's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Thursday, when they got past Atchison's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Chieftains blew past the Phoenix 12-3. The Chieftains might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Rock Creek had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it nine last Friday. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 6-1.
Rock Creek's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-4. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Tonganoxie, their victory bumped their record up to 11-7-2.
Tonganoxie couldn't quite finish off Rock Creek in their previous matchup back in May of 2024 and fell 5-3. Can the Chieftains avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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