Baseball Game Preview: Crestview Knights vs. Van Wert Cougars

The Crestview Knights will challenge the Van Wert Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Crestview is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.

Crestview is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Columbus Grove 10-4 on Monday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Knights considering their one-run performance the match before.

Meanwhile, Van Wert entered their contest against Defiance on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Cougars fell 7-4 to the Bulldogs.

Van Wert saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Dowler, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Those RBI marked the first that Dowler has brought in this season.

Van Wert's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Crestview, the win got them back to even at 5-5.

Crestview came out on top in a nail-biter against Van Wert in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Do the Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cougars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.