Baseball Game Preview: Aquinas Blugolds vs. Arcadia Raiders

The Aquinas Blugolds will head out to face off against the Arcadia Raiders at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Aquinas will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.

Aquinas is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 15-1 margin over Holmen on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Blugolds, who have now won 12 matches by six runs or more so far this season.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Arcadia, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They had just enough and edged out Luther 5-4.

Deklyn Grzadzielewski and Max Blashko did most of the damage at the plate: Grzadzielewski went 2-for-5 with one stolen base, one run, and one double, while Blashko got on base in three of his six plate appearances with two stolen bases and one RBI. Those two stolen bases gave Blashko a new career-high.

Aquinas pushed their record up to 18-3 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Arcadia, their record now sits at 10-14.

Aquinas skirted past Arcadia 5-3 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Do the Blugolds have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Raiders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.