Montrose hasn't had much luck against Fruita Monument recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Montrose Red Hawks will be staying on the road to face off against the Fruita Monument Wildcats at 3:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Montrose beats Fruita Monument with 20 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Montrose blew past Bennett 20-5 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Fruita Monument came tearing into Saturday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by an 8-2 margin over the Eagles. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by six runs or more this season.
Lacie Rodabaugh made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run and five RBI.
In other batting news, Angelina Fortunato was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Fruita Monument didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 6.8.
Montrose is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-11 record this season. As for Fruita Monument, they pushed their record up to 12-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Montrose suffered a grim 19-1 defeat to Fruita Monument when the teams last played on September 14th. Can Montrose avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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