Baseball Game Preview: Novi Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 10, 2024, 2:13am

Baseball Preview: Novi Wildcats vs. Stevenson Spartans

The Novi Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Stevenson Spartans at 10:00 a.m. Neither Novi nor Stevenson posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Novi is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Michigan's top teams: Northville, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Novi was ranked 18th). Novi took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Northville on Wednesday. Novi just can't catch a break and has now endured three defeats in a row.

Meanwhile, Stevenson didn't have quite enough to beat Belleville on Wednesday and fell 4-2. Stevenson has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Stevenson saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cameron Kitchen, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.

Novi's loss dropped their record down to 15-8. As for Stevenson, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-9-1.

Novi took their win against Stevenson in their previous meeting back in June of 2023 by a conclusive 13-4. Will Novi repeat their success, or does Stevenson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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