The Altoona Railroaders will be playing at home against the Baldwin-Woodville Blackhawks at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Altoona knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy run totals in its past three matches -- so hopefully Baldwin-Woodville likes a good challenge.
If Altoona beats Baldwin-Woodville with ten runs on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Altoona walked away with a 10-7 win over Amery on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Baldwin-Woodville fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against St. Croix Central on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 3-1. Baldwin-Woodville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Baldwin-Woodville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colton Hush, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Altoona is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Baldwin-Woodville, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5.
Altoona took their victory against Baldwin-Woodville when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 9-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Baldwin-Woodville's Tyler Fink, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be that much easier for Altoona to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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