The Kalamazoo Central Maroon Giants will face off against the Niles Vikings at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Kalamazoo Central is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Lakeview just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 7-4 to the Spartans.
Gannon Deanda was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one run. Eliot Goerge was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.
New Prairie hit Niles with a four-run seventh inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Vikings fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 7-6. Like the Maroon Giants, the Vikings also had to let a streak go: they had won three straight, but that streak is no more.
Kalamazoo Central now has a losing record of 16-17. As for Niles, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-5.
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