Central is on a four-game streak of home losses, and Maple Lake a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The Central Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Maple Lake Irish at 5:00 p.m. Central's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Maple Lake's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Central fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Watertown-Mayer on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Royals by a score of 5-4. That's two games in a row now that the Raiders have lost by just one run.
Meanwhile, Maple Lake came up short against Holdingford on Monday, falling 14-4.
Maple Lake's defeat dropped their record down to 1-13. As for Central, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
Central took their win against Maple Lake in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 by a conclusive 13-2 score. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Irish have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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