Baseball Game Preview: Ada Bulldogs vs. Van Buren Black Knights

The Ada Bulldogs will take on the Van Buren Black Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ada has given up an average of 7.3 runs per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Leipsic hit Ada with a 14-run third inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Bulldogs came up short against the Vikings, falling 16-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their meetings with the Vikings: they've now lost three in a row.

Mason Wibley was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Van Buren had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They blew past the Raiders 12-2. That's two games straight that the Black Knights have won by exactly ten runs.

Van Buren's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-1. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Ada, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.