Baseball Game Preview: Ashton-Franklin Center Raiders vs. Hiawatha Hawks

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Previous Games

05/14/24 - Home	10-9 W
03/12/24 - Home	11-0 W
03/24/23 - Home	11-1 W
05/07/22 - Away	16-1 W
05/01/21 - Home	11-8 W
+ 4 more games

Ashton-Franklin Center is 7-2 against Hiawatha since April of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Hawks at 4:30 p.m. Neither Ashton-Franklin Center nor Hiawatha posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Ashton-Franklin Center is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Oregon just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They lost 9-1 to the Hawks. The match marked the Raiders' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Ashton-Franklin Center saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aaron Lester, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Hiawatha's offense. They came up short against Newark on Tuesday, falling 10-0.

Ashton-Franklin Center suffered their first road defeat, dropping their record down to 4-2. As for Hiawatha, their loss was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2.

Ashton-Franklin Center came out on top in a nail-biter against Hiawatha in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, sneaking past 10-9. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Raiders since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.