Baseball Preview: Northwest Area Rangers vs. Bucktail Bucks
Northwest Area is 3-0 against Bucktail since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Northwest Area Rangers will look to defend their home field against the Bucktail Bucks at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northwest Area has four straight victories, Bucktail has 20 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Northwest Area is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Wednesday, just like they did against Neumann Regional Academy (and have done all season long). Northwest Area blew past Neumann Regional Academy 15-1. Northwest Area's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
The team relied heavily on Dominic Cavuto, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of George Garcia, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Bucktail fell victim to a rough 12-1 loss at the hands of Benton on Monday.
Bucktail saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Keller Friese, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run.
Northwest Area's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Bucktail, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.
Northwest Area took their victory against Bucktail when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 20-0. Will Northwest Area repeat their success, or does Bucktail have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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