The Random Lake Rams will venture away from home to challenge the Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Random Lake 2.2, Cedar Grove-Belgium 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Friday, Random Lake earned a 7-4 win over Heritage Christian. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rams.
Meanwhile, Cedar Grove-Belgium entered their tilt with St. Mary's Springs on Saturday with six consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Ledgers 9-2. The result was nothing new for the Rockets, who have now won six games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Carter Schmitz made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. Schmitz was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Connor Waters was excellent, going 2-for-3 with three runs. Jonah Banton also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Cedar Grove-Belgium kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in four consecutive contests.
Random Lake pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 7.4 runs. As for Cedar Grove-Belgium, their record now sits at 10-1.
Random Lake might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Cedar Grove-Belgium in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Rams avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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