The Hudsonville Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Grand Haven Buccaneers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hudsonville has seven straight victories, Grand Haven has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Hudsonville beats Grand Haven with 11 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Everything went the Eagles' way against Petoskey on Saturday as they made off with an 11-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won five matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Bryton Hanke looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Hudsonville let Nolan Feenstra and Kaden Howard run wild. Feenstra went 4-for-5 with four RBI, while Howard went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. That's the most hits Howard has posted since back in May of 2024. Johnny Karsten also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, Grand Haven came up short against Spring Lake on Saturday, falling 11-1.
Hudsonville pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average this season. As for Grand Haven, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Hudsonville was able to grind out a solid victory over Grand Haven in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, winning 4-0. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Buccaneers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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