Baseball Game Preview: Andover Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 4, 2024, 2:13am

Baseball Preview: Andover Huskies vs. Chanhassen Storm

The Andover Huskies will head out on the road to square off against the Chanhassen Storm at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Andover will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.

Andover gave up the first runs on Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with a 9-4 win over Minneapolis South.

Lukas Squier and Blake Baumann dominated on the mound. Squier tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit, while Baumann tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.

At the plate, Andover saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Beske, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Keaton Coe, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Chanhassen scored the most runs they've had all season to find success last Thursday. They blew past Orono 15-1. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Andover pushed their record up to 9-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Chanhassen, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.

Andover came up short against Chanhassen when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 5-1. Can Andover avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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