Baseball Game Preview: Comstock Park Panthers vs. Hopkins Vikings

For the second straight game, Comstock Park will face off against Hopkins. The Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Vikings at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Comstock Park has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Hopkins will come in with 14 straight wins.

Comstock Park lost 15-2 to Hopkins on Tuesday.

For Hopkins' part, they got a massive performance out of Cruz Hitzler, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. That's the most runs Hitzler has posted over his last 11 matchups. Cody Benting was another key player, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.

Hopkins pushed their record up to 20-6 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.2 runs over those games. As for Comstock Park, they now have a losing record of 8-9.