Baseball Game Preview: Culver Academies Eagles vs. Tippecanoe Valley Vikings

By Team Reports Apr 22, 2024, 4:02am

Baseball Preview: Culver Academies Eagles vs. Tippecanoe Valley Vikings

Culver Academies is 8-2 against Tippecanoe Valley since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Culver Academies Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Tippecanoe Valley Vikings at 5:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Culver Academies' favor as the squad sits on eight straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Tippecanoe Valley has been banged up by seven consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.

Culver Academies will head into Saturday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by nine) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past North Miami 5-3.

Max Grundberg was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a run.

Meanwhile, Tippecanoe Valley fell victim to a rough 9-3 loss at the hands of DeKalb on Saturday.

Tippecanoe Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cameron Manuel, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Culver Academies' victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Tippecanoe Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9.

Everything went Culver Academies' way against Tippecanoe Valley in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Culver Academies made off with a 10-0 win. Will Culver Academies repeat their success, or does Tippecanoe Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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