Baseball Game Preview: Souhegan Sabers vs. ConVal Cougars

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Previous Games

05/01/24 - Home	3-2 W
05/03/23 - Away	10-0 W
05/03/23 - Away	9-0 W
04/18/22 - Home	7-1 W
05/14/18 - Home	8-4 W
+ 5 more games

Souhegan is 8-2 against ConVal since April of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The Sabers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cougars at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Souhegan has five straight wins, ConVal has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Souhegan is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Hampshire's top teams: Hollis-Brookline, who was ranked 19th at the time (Souhegan was ranked seventh). The Sabers narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Cavaliers 3-2.

Pelham hit ConVal with a four-run third inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Cougars came up short against the Pythons, falling 9-3.

Souhegan pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for ConVal, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.

Souhegan came out on top in a nail-biter against ConVal in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Sabers repeat their success, or do the Cougars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.