Baseball Game Preview: Ottawa-Glandorf Titans vs. Patrick Henry Patriots

The Ottawa-Glandorf Titans will head out on the road to square off against the Patrick Henry Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Ottawa-Glandorf's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Patrick Henry's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Ottawa-Glandorf's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Saturday's struggle, when Coldwater hitters got past them. The Titans lost 10-2 to the Cavaliers on Saturday. The Titans haven't had much luck with the Cavaliers recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Patrick Henry). They were the clear victors by a 29-6 margin over Holgate on Saturday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Patriots considering their two-run performance the contest before.

Mack Hieber was a standout: he went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ian Schwab, who went 4-for-5 with three runs and three RBI.

Patrick Henry always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .585. The last time their OBP was this high was back in March of 2024.

Patrick Henry is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Ottawa-Glandorf, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.

Ottawa-Glandorf couldn't quite finish off Patrick Henry when the teams last played back in May of 2024 and fell 7-5. Can the Titans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.