Baseball Recap: Howell Beats Grain Valley for Their Sixth Straight Victory

Vikings

Previous 6 Games

04/19/25 vs Grain Valley	6-0
04/18/25 vs Hickman	17-7
04/17/25 @ Staley	15-2
04/17/25 vs St. Elizabeth	12-4
04/16/25 vs Troy-Buchanan	6-1
04/15/25 vs Troy-Buchanan	8-0

Howell had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They never let the Grain Valley Eagles get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory. The Vikings have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Eagles, too.

Howell pushed their record up to 14-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. As for Grain Valley, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-8-1 record.

Howell didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 win against Nixa on the 19th. As for Grain Valley, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, an 8-6 victory against Fort Zumwalt West on the 19th.