Baseball Game Preview: Hope Heads Out

By Team Reports May 19, 2024, 2:08am

Baseball Preview: Hope Blue Wave vs. Tolman Tigers

Hope is 0-6 against Tolman since May of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Hope Blue Wave will head out on the road to challenge the Tolman Tigers at 4:30 p.m.

Hope's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Mt. Pleasant on Saturday. They lost 13-0 to the Kilties. Hope has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Tolman came tearing into Saturday's match with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Spartans an 8-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Tolman, who have now won six matchups by six runs or more so far this season.

Hope's loss dropped their record down to 5-11. As for Tolman, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.

Hope might still be hurting after the 9-1 defeat they got from Tolman when the teams last played on May 4th. Can Hope avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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