Baseball Game Preview: Westwood Heads Out

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 4:15am

Baseball Preview: Westwood Patriots vs. Negaunee Miners

The Westwood Patriots will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Negaunee Miners at 4:00 p.m. Westwood will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.

Westwood is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell 11-6 to Wright back in April.

Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Negaunee had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Escanaba on Wednesday.

Aiden Steele was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two RBI and a double. Carsen Belanger was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Westwood dropped their record down to 0-4 with that loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Negaunee, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7-1.

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