Baseball Game Preview: Otter Valley Otters vs. Windsor Yellowjackets

The Otter Valley Otters will face off against the Windsor Yellowjackets at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Otter Valley will be strutting in after a victory while Windsor will be coming in after a loss.

Otter Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Vermont's top teams: Rutland, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Otter Valley was ranked 20th). The Otters' pitcher stepped up to hand the Raiders a 7-0 shutout on Thursday. The Otters might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by seven runs or more this season.

Not much got past Jackson Howe, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Rutland off the board. Howe also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Otter Valley is 6-2 when he allows at most one earned run, but 1-5 otherwise.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Nolan Tripp, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run. That's the most hits he has posted since back in April. Max Potter was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

Otter Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Windsor was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 16-5 to Burr & Burton.

Tristen Merrill was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run.

The win got Otter Valley back to even at 7-7. As for Windsor, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.

Otter Valley took their victory against Windsor in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 15-2 score. Do the Otters have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Yellowjackets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.