Baseball Game Preview: Niles North Vikings vs. Maine East Blue Demons

For the second straight game, Niles North will face off against Maine East. The Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Blue Demons at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

Niles North's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Maine East.

For Maine East's part, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Slamowitz, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.

Niles North is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-16-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Maine East, they are on a 16-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-19.