Softball Game Preview: Maine East Blue Demons vs. Niles West Wolves

Maine East is on an eight-game streak of home losses, and Niles West a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The Maine East Blue Demons will be playing at home against the Niles West Wolves at 4:45 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.

Thursday just wasn't the day for Maine East's offense. They lost 18-0 to Niles North on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Niles West didn't have quite enough to beat Antioch on Wednesday and fell 3-1. The match marked the Wolves' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Niles West saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ava Hester, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.

Niles West's defeat dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Maine East, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.

Maine East suffered a grim 19-2 defeat to Niles West in their previous matchup back in April. Will the Blue Demons have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.