Baseball Game Preview: Houghton Gremlins vs. Escanaba Eskymos

The Houghton Gremlins will take on the Escanaba Eskymos at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Houghton has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Escanaba will come in with six straight wins.

Negaunee hit Houghton with a eight-run first inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Gremlins lost 12-6 to the Miners.

Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last match, Escanaba made sure to put some runs up on the board against Bark River-Harris on Friday. The Eskymos put the hurt on the Broncos with a sharp 10-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Eskymos, who have now won seven games by eight runs or more so far this season.

Escanaba pushed their record up to 14-6 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Houghton, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.