Smithville is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Northwestern a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The Smithville Smithies will be playing in front of their home fans against the Northwestern Huskies at 5:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Smithville fell victim to Waynedale and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They came up short against the Golden Bears, falling 11-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Smithies haven't been shut out since back in March.
Meanwhile, Northwestern didn't have quite enough to beat Orrville on Friday and fell 4-2.
Smithville's defeat dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Northwestern, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.
Everything went Smithville's way against Northwestern in their previous meeting back in April of 2021, as Smithville made off with a 10-0 victory. Will the Smithies repeat their success, or do the Huskies have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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