The Monmouth United Red Storm will venture away from home to face off against the Midwest Central Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Monmouth United has ten straight wins, Midwest Central has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Monmouth United had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 18-run drubbing they dealt Bushnell-Prairie City on Thursday. The Red Storm's pitchers stepped up to hand the Spartans an 18-0 shutout. Considering the Red Storm have won 12 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Tanner Rogers
| 05/15/25 @ Bushnell-Prairie City | 1 |
| 05/10/25 vs Knoxville | 0 |
| 05/08/25 @ Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge] | 1 |
| 05/03/25 @ Bureau Valley | 1 |
Tanner Rogers looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Egan Marshall, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four runs, three RBI, and one triple. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March. Parker Scott also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Monmouth United always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .619. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bushnell-Prairie City only posted an OBP of .238.
Meanwhile, Midwest Central fell victim to Brimfield and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They came up short against the Indians, falling 16-0.
Monmouth United's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 28-4. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Midwest Central, their loss dropped their record down to 4-17.
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