Baseball Game Preview: Hanover Central Wildcats vs. Andrean Fighting 59ers

For the second straight game, Hanover Central will face off against Andrean. The Wildcats will venture away from home to square off against the Fighting 59ers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Hanover Central 3.6, Andrean 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Hanover Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Andrean, who was ranked second at the time (Hanover Central was ranked 18th). The Wildcats fell 11-8 to the Fighting 59ers on Monday. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Wildcats, who until this matchup were averaging 3.64 runs allowed.

Dylan Bowen was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs.

The win was the 12th in a row for Andrean, bringing their record up to 23-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Hanover Central, they moved to 16-8-1 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.