The Santa Rosa Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Middletown Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Santa Rosa will head into Saturday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Saturday. They lost 8-2 to Rancho Cotate.
Santa Rosa saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Daniel Mills, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Middletown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost 10-0 to Kelseyville.
Santa Rosa has been struggling recently as they've lost 13 of their last 17 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-14-1 record this season. As for Middletown, their loss dropped their record down to 3-14.
Santa Rosa skirted past Middletown 4-3 in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Middletown's Hunter Hartzog, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over 5.1 innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be that much easier for Santa Rosa to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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