The Robins’ winning streak hit four games with an impressive 11-0 home win over Minneapolis. This game was scoreless until the bottom of the third inning when the Robins put two of the first three batters on base before Vincent Luu drove them both in with a three-run home run. Sam Roles opened the fourth inning with a home run of his own before Nick Johnson drove Owen Karjala in with a triple, putting the Robins ahead 5-0. Seven consecutive hits to open the fifth inning put the Robins ahead 9-0, then Izear Joiner ended the game in the home half of the sixth inning with a two-run home run. Joiner had his fourth consecutive 4-4 game at the plate and has done an excellent job of finding openings in the field and hitting the ball hard. Sam Roles went 3-3 while Maddie Ausk and Vincent Luu both recorded two hits. Roles pitched all six innings, allowing just 5 hits to get the win. The Robins are on the road on May 14 to face the Anoka-Hennepin Mustangs in a pivotal battle for first place in the North Conference.

The Robins trailed early, but maintained consistent hitting and fielding in the middle innings of the game and prevailed 10-4 in a crucial North Conference match up against the Osseo Orioles. After trailing 3-0 after the first inning and 4-3 after the third, the Robins defense tightened up and shut the Orioles down for four consecutive innings. Their bats were consistent in innings three through seven, scoring at least one run in the top half of every one of those innings. Izear Joiner is nearing “red-hot” status at the plate, once again going 4-4 with 2 RBI. Ava Hetteen went 3-3 and scored three times while Edgar Kinanga, Sam Roles Marcus Brady and Darius Larson all collected 3 hits each. The Robins will look to push their winning streak to four games next Tuesday when they return home to face Minneapolis.

The Robins continued to make improvements in all aspects of their game again today, this time defeating the Mounds View Rams 13-2 in 5 innings. The Robins infield defense was sharp early in this game, preventing the Rams from advancing past second base until the fourth inning. A couple infield hits and one fielding error led to the Rams scoring two times in the fourth inning, but the Robins were extremely sharp beyond that. Consistent hitting had the Robins scoring runs in every inning, including five runs in the second inning to put them up 6-0. Izear Joiner continue to do well at the plate, going 4-4 with a home run and 2 RBI, Maddie Ausk was 3-3, Vincent Luu was 4-4 with 3 RBI, Darius Larson went 3-3 and Ethan Sullivan went 2-2 with 1 RBI. Pitcher Sam Roles gave up two runs on six hits to earn the win.

The Robins got back on track this afternoon with a nice 9-3 win over Minneapolis. Another slow start at the plate and in the field kept this game close, with the Robins leading 2-1 heading into the fourth inning. The bottom half of the Robins batting order came to life in the fourth, starting the inning with five consecutive hits before recording an out. Ultimately, the finished the inning with eight hits and five runs to take a solid lead, 7-1. Defensively, the Robins started to look like their usual selves today, as fielding errors were kept to a minimum. Shortstop Vincent Luu had an incredible day in the field turning an unassisted triple play and an unassisted double play in back-to-back innings to keep Minneapolis off the score board. Izear Joiner and Sam Roles both were perfect at the plate in this game, and both hit home runs to lead the charge for the Robins. Joiner led the team with 3 RBI. Roles pitched all 7 innings and did a great job fielding his position. The Robins are at Mounds View on Tuesday, April 30.

The Robins fell behind early, but staged a huge comeback before eventually losing to the Anoka-Hennepin Mustangs, 13-12. A slow start at the plate and several fielding errors had the Robins struggling early on, trailing 10-2 in the bottom half of the fifth inning. They started the fifth inning with four consecutive hits to get the offense going before ultimately bringing five runs across the plate. This offensive outburst helped get the defense going in the sixth inning as the Mustangs were retired without a hit. The Robins bats stayed hot in the bottom of the sixth inning, knocking out seven hits and scoring five more runs to given them a 12-10 lead heading into the seventh inning. A fielding error led to three Mustang runs in the seventh, and then the Robins batters were retired in order to close out the game. Maddie Ausk and Sam Roles both went 4-4 while Edgar Kinanga, Lucas Harper, Darius Larson and Ethan Sullivan all recorded three hits each.