The Roosevelt Roughriders's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Greeley West Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both have allowed few runs on average, (Roosevelt: 2.9, Greeley West: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Roosevelt is headed into the matchup having just suffered their closest defeat since September 7, 2023 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Northridge by a score of 5-3.
Roosevelt saw nine different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenli Kern, who scored a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Lily Wiese, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Even though they lost, Roosevelt didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Northridge only tossed two.
Meanwhile, Greeley West came tearing into Monday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Wildcats onto the board and left with a 23-0 victory. Considering the Spartans have won 13 games by more than seven runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Roosevelt's loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 17-4. As for Greeley West, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which somehow still isn't as good as their 17-5 record this season.
Roosevelt was able to grind out a solid win over Greeley West in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, winning 5-2. Will Roosevelt repeat their success, or does Greeley West have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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