Baseball Game Preview: Kodiak Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 6, 2024, 2:14am

Baseball Preview: Kodiak Bears vs. Redington Huskies

Kodiak is 4-0 against Redington since May of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Kodiak Bears will head out on the road to take on the Redington Huskies. Neither Kodiak nor Redington posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Kodiak is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Palmer, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Kodiak was ranked 21st). Kodiak lost 16-1 to Palmer on Saturday.

Redington lost 13-1 to Soldotna on Friday. Redington has not had much luck with Soldotna recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Kodiak has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-9 record this season. As for Redington, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.

Kodiak took their win against Redington in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 14-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for Kodiak since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps