The Northwestern Tigers will face off against the Ashland Oredockers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Northwestern barely beat Cameron the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Tigers were the clear victors by an 11-5 margin over the Comets on Monday. The Tigers haven't had any issues with the Comets recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Ashland waltzed into their contest on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Hurricanes as they made off with a 19-6 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Oredockers considering their two-run performance the matchup before.
Northwestern pushed their record up to 10-7 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for Ashland, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Everything went Northwestern's way against Ashland when the teams last played back in April, as Northwestern made off with an 18-8 win. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Oredockers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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