Baseball Game Preview: Blake Yellow Jackets vs. Middleton Tigers

The Blake Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to take on the Middleton Tigers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Blake comes in still looking for their first win of the season.

Blake lost 14-4 to Clearwater on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that the Yellow Jackets have lost by exactly ten runs.

Blake saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brett Valerio, who went 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI. That double marked the first that Valerio hit this season.

Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Middleton's offense. They came up short against Jefferson on Thursday, falling 22-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Dragons: they've now lost six in a row.

Middleton's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Blake, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.

Blake took their win against Middleton in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 10-1. Does Blake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Middleton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.