Softball Game Preview: Houghton Heads Out

By Team Reports May 20, 2024, 2:10am

Softball Preview: Houghton Gremlins vs. Negaunee Miners

The Houghton Gremlins will head out on the road to challenge the Negaunee Miners at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Houghton is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.

Houghton is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Monday, just like they did against Lake Linden-Hubbell (and have done all season long). Everything went Houghton's way against Lake Linden-Hubbell on Saturday as Houghton made off with a 10-3 win. That's two games straight that Houghton has won by exactly seven runs.

Meanwhile, Negaunee won against Escanaba on Wednesday with five runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Negaunee narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Alpena 5-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for Negaunee.

Houghton pushed their record up to 10-3 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Negaunee, their victory bumped their record up to 12-2.

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