Baseball Game Preview: Armada Tigers vs. Royal Oak Ravens
By Team Reports
May 17, 2025, 8:51am
Baseball Preview: Armada Tigers vs. Royal Oak Ravens
The Armada Tigers will venture away from home to square off against the Royal Oak Ravens at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Armada managed to slip by Oxford the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Tigers wound up with the same score they had in their last game (11-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat they have suffered since April 5th.
Meanwhile, while Royal Oak put up some runs on Saturday, the same can't be said for Norrix. The Ravens blew past the Knights 10-0. The Ravens might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 14 contests by ten runs or more this season.
Royal Oak got a massive performance out of Johnny Friedrich, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, one run, and one double. That double was Friedrich's first of the season. Another player making a difference was Will Hickey, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Royal Oak always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .533. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive games.
Armada's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-9-1. As for Royal Oak, the victory snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 17-10 record.
Armada came out on top in a nail-biter against Royal Oak in their previous meeting back in May of 2018, sneaking past 6-4. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Ravens have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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