The North Vikings will square off against the Buchtel Griffins at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither North nor Buchtel posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Monday just wasn't the day for North's offense. They came up short against East on Monday, falling 10-0. That's two games in a row now that the Vikings have lost by exactly ten runs.
Meanwhile, Buchtel was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 18-2 to Firestone.
This is the second loss in a row for North and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for Buchtel, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
North was able to grind out a solid victory over Buchtel when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 5-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Vikings since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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