Baseball Game Preview: Mansfield Hornets vs. Oliver Ames Tigers

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Previous Games

04/02/25 - Away	1-0 W
05/03/24 - Home	9-8 W
04/10/24 - Away	10-1 W
05/12/23 - Away	10-3 W
04/12/23 - Home	5-2 W
+ 5 more games

Mansfield has gone a perfect 10-0 against Oliver Ames recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Hornets will be playing at home against the Tigers at 3:45 p.m. Neither Mansfield nor Oliver Ames posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Wednesday just wasn't the day for Mansfield's offense. They lost 6-0 to Franklin on Wednesday. Surprisingly, this marked the Hornets' fourth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

Brendan Vokey made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one double.

Fans were treated to a battle of the Tigers on Thursday. Oliver Ames fell just short of Taunton by a score of 2-1. Oliver Ames has struggled against Taunton recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.

Oliver Ames' loss dropped their record down to 4-9. As for Mansfield, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-8.

Mansfield skirted past Oliver Ames 1-0 when the teams last played back in April. Do the Hornets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.