Baseball Preview: North Muskegon Norsemen vs. Shelby Tigers
North Muskegon is 9-0-1 against Shelby since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The North Muskegon Norsemen will be playing in front of their home fans against the Shelby Tigers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Muskegon stacked a 17th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They never let Whitehall onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Muskegon.
Ryan Delora made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over seven innings pitched. Delora has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances. Delora was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Carter Mieler and Ben Meyers did most of the damage at the plate: Mieler scored two runs while going 2-for-4, while Meyers scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Meyers is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played.
Meanwhile, Shelby had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over the Comets.
North Muskegon pushed their record up to 23-4 with that win, which was their 30th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Shelby, their victory bumped their record up to 11-8.
North Muskegon took their win against Shelby when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 11-1. Does North Muskegon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shelby turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
