The Highland Park Hornets will venture away from home to challenge the Sanford-Fritch Eagles at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Highland Park has given up an average of 13.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Highland Park turned things around against Claude on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Mustangs with a sharp 21-14 win. The Hornets not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since February 10th.
Haley Rogers
| 03/20/25 vs Claude | 4 |
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Haley Rogers and Joeli Neusch did most of the damage at the plate: Rogers went 2-for-5 with four RBI and two runs, while Neusch scored three runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in four of her six plate appearances. Those four RBI gave Rogers a new career-high. Roxanne Shields also deserves some recognition as she got her first hits of the season.
Highland Park kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.2 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matches they've averaged 9.
Meanwhile, Sanford-Fritch earned an 11-6 victory over Sunray last Wednesday.
Sanford-Fritch has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.2 runs over those games. Highland Park's win bumped their record up to 4-12-1.
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