Baseball Game Preview: Niles North Vikings vs. Highland Park Giants

For the second straight game, Niles North will face off against Highland Park. The Vikings are taking a road trip to face off against the Giants at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday.

Niles North will bounce into Wednesday's contest after beating Highland Park, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Vikings had just enough and edged out the Giants 2-1.

Niles North has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-13 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Highland Park, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 9-1 and their overall record down to 16-6.