Baseball Preview: Hanover Central Wildcats vs. St. Laurence Vikings
The Hanover Central Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. Laurence Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hanover Central will be looking to extend their current 16-game winning streak.
Hanover Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: New Prairie, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Hanover Central was ranked 14th). Hanover Central narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past New Prairie 6-5. That's two games straight that Hanover Central has won by just one run.
Meanwhile, St. Laurence put the finishing touches on their 17th blowout victory of the season on Monday. They put the hurt on Brother Rice with a sharp 11-4 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for St. Laurence considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Hanover Central's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-2. As for St. Laurence, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-5 record this season.
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