The Roseville Tigers will square off against the Oakmont Vikings at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Roseville's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Oakmont's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Roseville was handed a nine-run defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Folsom 2-1.
Roseville got a great performance from Tyler Ritter as he struck out nine batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Roseville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Welch, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Kyle Pettersen also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Meanwhile, Oakmont waltzed into their contest on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Grizzlies as they made off with a 13-4 victory. That nine run margin sets a new team best for the Vikings this season.
Oakmont got a big performance out of Cooper Kunis, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Beau Ogles, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Oakmont's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Roseville, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Roseville suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Oakmont in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Will Roseville have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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