Baseball Game Preview: South Portland on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 21, 2024, 2:33am

Baseball Preview: South Portland Red Riots vs. Cheverus Stags

South Portland is 8-1 against Cheverus since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The South Portland Red Riots will look to defend their home field against the Cheverus Stags at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are out to turn their luck around after having lost tight contests in their previous games.

South Portland is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Windham just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 3-1.

Meanwhile, Cheverus was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They fell just short of Portland by a score of 5-3. That's two games in a row now that Cheverus has lost by exactly two runs.

South Portland's defeat dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Cheverus, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.

South Portland took their win against Cheverus when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 12-0. Will South Portland repeat their success, or does Cheverus have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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