The Ankeny Hawks are taking a road trip to square off against the Northwest Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Ankeny came up short against Southeast Polk and fell 8-5.
Meanwhile, Northwest had already won 18 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 runs) and they went ahead and made it 19 on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Dragons a 3-0 shutout.
Northwest pushed their record up to 22-2 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Ankeny, they have been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last 11 games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 11-22 record this season.
Ankeny couldn't quite get it done against Northwest in their previous meeting back in June as they fell 5-1. Can the Hawks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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