Roseville extended their losing streak to three on Wednesday, dropping their season record down to 2-12 in the process. They came up short against the Stillwater Ponies, falling 17-2. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Ponies this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 11-4 back in April.
As for Stillwater, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 12-3. Considering they have won seven contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
For Stillwater's part, Carter Nelson looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Stillwater got a massive performance out of Henry Mestad, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Those three RBI gave Mestad a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Runk, who went 2-for-3 with three runs and one RBI.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Roseville will challenge rival Park at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Stillwater is set to take on their familiar foe Woodbury at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Ponies 3.3, the Royals 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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