Baseball Preview: Fordson Tractors vs. Stevenson Spartans
Fordson is 0-6 against Stevenson since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Fordson Tractors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Stevenson Spartans at 4:30 p.m. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Fordson will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Crestwood, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. Everything went Fordson's way against Crestwood on Thursday as Fordson made off with an 11-3 victory.
Meanwhile, Stevenson had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They blew past the Raiders 9-3.
The team relied heavily on Nate Patterson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-5. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Kitchen, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
Fordson now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Stevenson, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
Fordson might still be hurting after the 21-0 loss they got from Stevenson in their previous matchup back in April of 2022. Thankfully for Fordson, AJ Hemmerle (who tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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