Baseball Game Preview: Nicholas County Grizzlies vs. Princeton Tigers

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Previous 3 Games

05/02/25 - Home	15-5 W
03/21/25 - Away	10-4 W
03/14/24 - Away	15-3 W

Nicholas County has gone a perfect 3-0 against Princeton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Grizzlies will look to defend their home field against the Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Nicholas County will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.

While Nicholas County's win against Wyoming East wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Grizzlies skirted past the Warriors 6-4. That's two games straight that the Grizzlies have won by exactly two runs.

Nicholas County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Coleton Hellems, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and four RBI. That's the most RBI Hellems has posted since back in April.

Princeton never got on the board in their matchup on Wednesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Summers County on Friday. They blew past the Bobcats 15-5. The Tigers haven't had any issues with the Bobcats recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Princeton got a massive performance out of Landon Crane, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That triple was Crane's first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Lester, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI.

Princeton always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .564. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Summers County only posted an OBP of .407.

Nicholas County's win bumped their record up to 16-11. As for Princeton, their victory bumped their record up to 5-23.

Nicholas County took their win against Princeton in their previous meeting last Friday by a conclusive 15-5 score. Will the Grizzlies repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.