Baseball Game Preview: Keokuk Chiefs vs. Central Lee Hawks

Keokuk is 0-9 against Central Lee since June of 2016 but things could change on Wednesday. The Chiefs will host the Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Neither Keokuk nor Central Lee posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Keokuk is headed into Wednesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 15th straight game on Monday. They lost 11-1 to Fairfield. That's two games in a row now that the Chiefs have lost by exactly ten runs.

Meanwhile, Central Lee had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Bears.

Central Lee pushed their record up to 17-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.1 runs on average over those games. As for Keokuk, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-16.

Keokuk suffered a grim 21-2 defeat to Central Lee when the teams last played back in June. Will the Chiefs have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.