Baseball Game Preview: Kennewick Lions vs. Chiawana Riverhawks

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Previous Games

04/22/25 - Away	15-2 W
03/29/24 - Home	4-1 W
03/29/24 - Home	4-0 W
03/31/23 - Away	9-4 W
03/31/23 - Away	9-5 W
+ 5 more games

Kennewick is 9-1 against Chiawana since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Lions will welcome the Riverhawks at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Kennewick has four straight victories, Chiawana has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Ten must be Kennewick's lucky number: they beat Walla Walla with that score not once but twice on Friday. The Lions didn't even let the Blue Devils on the board, marking the Lions' second-straight 10-0 shutout. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 games by nine runs or more this season.

The home team had won the previous five meetings between Chiawana and Richland, and Richland kept the tradition alive. The Riverhawks came up short against the Bombers on Friday, falling 14-1.

Kennewick pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Chiawana, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-8.

Kennewick took their win against Chiawana in their previous meeting on Tuesday by a conclusive 15-2 score. Do the Lions have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Riverhawks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.