Baseball Preview: Larned Indians vs. Smoky Valley Vikings
Larned is 8-2 against Smoky Valley since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Larned Indians will head out on the road to face off against the Smoky Valley Vikings. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Larned has five straight wins, Smoky Valley has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, Larned had just enough and edged Halstead out 8-7.
Meanwhile, Smoky Valley fell victim to Pratt and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 16-0 walloping at the hands of the Greenbacks. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Smoky Valley's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Larned pushed their record up to 6-4 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Smoky Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Larned came up short against Smoky Valley in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 7-2. Can Larned avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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