Baseball Game Preview: Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals vs. Roland-Story Norsemen

The Garner-Hayfield/Ventura Cardinals will face off against the Roland-Story Norsemen on Tuesday. The timing isn't great for Garner-Hayfield/Ventura: they have been struggling with four straight losses at home, while Roland-Story has snatched up three consecutive wins on the road.

For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Garner-Hayfield/Ventura and Belmond-Klemme meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Saturday. The Cardinals were the clear victors by a 13-3 margin over the Broncos. The Cardinals haven't had any issues with the Broncos recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.

Meanwhile, Roland-Story made easy work of Perry on Thursday and carried off a 12-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Norsemen, who have now won 13 games by six runs or more so far this season.

Roland-Story is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, their victory bumped their record up to 13-9.