Northview is a perfect 9-0 against Napoleon since April of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. Northview will be playing at home against Napoleon at 5:00 p.m. Northview hasn't scored more than two runs for three games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
Last Saturday, Northview came up short against Sterling Heights Stevenson and fell 5-2.
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Nick Schantz was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Northview saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Holmes, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. That stolen base was Holmes' first of the season.
The home team had come away the winner the last five times Napoleon and Bowling Green had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Wildcats' pitcher stepped up to hand the Bobcats a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. The win continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Bobcats: they've now won four in a row.
Not much got past Owen Espinoza, who gave up just two hits and racked up six Ks to keep Bowling Green off the board.
On the hitting side, Trey Rubinstein was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Napoleon's victory bumped their record up to 5-1-1. As for Northview, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Northview came out on top in a nail-biter against Napoleon in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, sneaking past 4-2. Will Northview repeat their success, or does Napoleon has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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