Baseball Game Preview: Whitefish Bay Blue Dukes vs. Marquette University Hilltoppers

The Whitefish Bay Blue Dukes will face off against the Marquette University Hilltoppers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The last five games Whitefish Bay has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.

Whitefish Bay fell victim to Grafton and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They fell just short of the Black Hawks by a score of 2-0.

Germantown typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Marquette University proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged out the Warhawks 2-1.

Whitefish Bay dropped their record down to 11-3 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.67 runs. As for Marquette University, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-8.

Whitefish Bay beat Marquette University 3-0 in their previous matchup back in June of 2023. Will the Blue Dukes repeat their success, or do the Hilltoppers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.