Baseball Game Preview: Western Reserve Blue Devils vs. Waterloo Vikings

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Previous Games

03/31/26 - Home	9-2 W
03/30/26 - Away	5-4 W
04/16/25 - Away	9-8 W
04/01/25 - Home	10-0 W
04/17/24 - Home	0-11 L
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Western Reserve and Waterloo are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2022, but likely not for long. The Blue Devils will take on the Vikings in a tournament on Friday. Western Reserve is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.

On Tuesday, Western Reserve came up short against Rootstown and fell 5-2. The Blue Devils have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Western Reserve saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Freyn, who went 1-for-2 with one run.

Meanwhile, Waterloo came up short against Jackson-Milton on Thursday, falling 15-4. The loss continues a trend for the Vikings in their meetings with the Bluejays: they've now lost three in a row.

Western Reserve's defeat dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Waterloo, their loss dropped their record down to 5-16.

Everything went Western Reserve's way against Waterloo in their previous matchup back in March, as Western Reserve made off with a 9-2 win. Will the Blue Devils repeat their success, or do the Vikings have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.