Baseball Preview: Negaunee Miners vs. Norway Knights
The Negaunee Miners will head out on the road to challenge the Norway Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Negaunee will bounce into Monday's match after beating Escanaba, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Negaunee had just enough and edged Escanaba out 10-9. Winning may never get old, but Negaunee sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Matthew Peters was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Gauthier, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Norway, who bounced back after a loss on the road on April 12th. They blew past Niagara 11-3.
Negaunee has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Norway, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Negaunee came up short against Norway in their previous matchup back in May of 2017, falling 5-0. Can Negaunee avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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