Baseball Game Preview: Oberlin Phoenix vs. Firelands Falcons

Oberlin is 1-8 against Firelands since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Phoenix will take on the Falcons at 5:00 p.m.

Oberlin is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Monday. They lost 9-3 to Wellington.

Oberlin saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drew Walter, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double. Liam Steggall also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Firelands never got on the board in their matchup on Tuesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Clearview on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Clippers a 12-0 shutout. The Falcons haven't had any issues with the Clippers recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.

Aaron Bower made a splash while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Bower was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and two runs. He is becoming a predictor of Firelands' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 3-6 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Firelands got a massive performance out of Daniel Kothe, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those two hits gave Kothe a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kase Rogers, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Firelands always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .531. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Clearview only posted an OBP of .118.

The win got Firelands back to even at 6-6. As for Oberlin, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.

Oberlin suffered a grim 21-6 defeat to Firelands when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can the Phoenix avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.