Baseball Game Preview: Maurepas Wolves vs. Franklinton Demons

The Maurepas Wolves will head out to face off against the Franklinton Demons at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.

Maurepas is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Pine on Friday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (10-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. The defeat continues a trend for them in their matchups with the Raiders: they've now lost seven in a row.

Maurepas saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gibson Hopp, who went 1-for-2 with one double. That double was Hopp's first of the season.

Meanwhile, Franklinton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 victory over Sumner on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Demons.

Maurepas' loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Franklinton, their win bumped their record up to 5-6.

Maurepas suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Franklinton in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Can Maurepas avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.