The Kingsford Flivvers will head out on the road to take on the Niagara Badgers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Kingsford will be strutting in after a victory while Niagara will be coming in after a defeat.
Kingsford is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Escanaba on Wednesday as Kingsford made off with a 9-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Kingsford.
Meanwhile, Niagara was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Lena by a score of 4-3. That's two games in a row now that Niagara has lost by just one run.
Christian Hedmark was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). Hedmark was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Hedmark wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Mason Richtig, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
The victory got Kingsford back to even at 2-2. As for Niagara, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
Everything went Kingsford's way against Niagara when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Kingsford made off with an 8-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Kingsford since the squad 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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