Baseball Game Preview: Otter Valley Otters vs. Burr & Burton Bulldogs

Otter Valley hasn't had much luck against Burr & Burton recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Otters will square off against the Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. Neither Otter Valley nor Burr & Burton posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Otter Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Vermont's top teams: Bellows Falls, who was ranked 15th at the time (Otter Valley was ranked 16th). The Otters took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Terriers on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Burr & Burton didn't have quite enough to beat Brattleboro on Friday and fell 3-1. The Bulldogs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Burr & Burton's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5-1. As for Otter Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.

Otter Valley suffered a grim 12-2 defeat to Burr & Burton when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Otters avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.