Baseball Game Preview: Salina Central Mustangs vs. Hutchinson Salthawks
By Team Reports
Apr 22, 2024, 5:32am
Baseball Preview: Salina Central Mustangs vs. Hutchinson Salthawks
Salina Central has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Hutchinson Salthawks at TBD on Tuesday.
Salina Central will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Eisenhower on Friday but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 11-point defeat they were dealt on Friday. Salina Central fell just short of Eisenhower by a score of 3-1. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Salina Central in their matchups with Eisenhower: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, Hutchinson had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They walked away with an 8-3 victory over the Lions.
Salina Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Hutchinson, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-6 record this season.
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