Baseball Preview: Hoisington Cardinals vs. Smoky Valley Vikings
Hoisington is 8-2 against Smoky Valley since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Hoisington Cardinals will be playing at home against the Smoky Valley Vikings at 4:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Hoisington's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Smoky Valley has been banged up by six consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Hoisington's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past Halstead 1-0.
Not much got past Preston Roat, who gave up just seven hits to keep Halstead off the board.
On the hitting side, Hoisington saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tony Moore, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Smoky Valley fell victim to Pratt and their airtight pitching crew last Friday. They lost 16-0 to the Greenbacks. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Smoky Valley's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Hoisington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-9 record this season. As for Smoky Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Hoisington beat Smoky Valley 6-1 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Will Hoisington repeat their success, or does Smoky Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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