Baseball Game Preview: DuVal Tigers vs. Northwestern Wildcats

By Team Reports Apr 16, 2024, 4:47am

Baseball Preview: DuVal Tigers vs. Northwestern Wildcats

DuVal is 8-2 against Northwestern since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The DuVal Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Northwestern Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. DuVal is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.

Last Friday, DuVal suffered a rough 20-3 defeat at the hands of Bowie.

Meanwhile, Northwestern fell victim to a tough 16-3 loss at the hands of Wise on Monday.

Elias Medina made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of James Klopp, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

DuVal's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Northwestern, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-5.

DuVal skirted past Northwestern 8-7 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will DuVal repeat their success, or does Northwestern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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