Baseball Game Preview: Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Pirates vs. Fridley Tigers

Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha is a perfect 4-0 against Fridley since April of 2023 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Pirates will look to defend their home field against the Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.

East Ridge hit Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha with a seven-run seventh inning on Saturday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Pirates lost 14-4 to the Raptors. That's two games in a row now that the Pirates have lost by exactly ten runs.

Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grant Iverson, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double. That run marked the first that Iverson has scored this season.

Meanwhile, Fridley didn't have quite enough to beat St. Paul Central on Friday and fell 4-2.

Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Fridley, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.

Everything went Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha's way against Fridley in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha made off with a 13-2 win. Will the Pirates repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.