Baseball Game Preview: Northwest Raiders vs. Ville Platte Bulldogs

The Northwest Raiders will square off against the Ville Platte Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses for Northwest and 16 for Ville Platte.

Northwest came up short against Pine Prairie on Monday, falling 12-4.

Dreamon Haywood

Runs

02/12/25 @ Abbeville	3
04/07/25 @ Pine Prairie	2
03/20/25 @ Ville Platte	2
03/14/25 vs Cecilia	2
02/17/25 @ LaGrange	2
+ 8 more games

Dreamon Haywood was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. Northwest is 4-2 when Haywood posts two or more runs, but 2-20 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Courtlyn Young, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Ville Platte fell victim to Crowley and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They lost 15-0 to the Gent.

Ville Platte's defeat dropped their record down to 1-17. As for Northwest, their loss dropped their record down to 6-22.

Everything went Northwest's way against Ville Platte in their previous meeting back in March, as Northwest made off with a 20-2 win. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.