The Upper Valley Nighthawks will be on the road to take on the North Shore Navigators for a Saturday doubleheader. This will be the first meeting of these two teams as their lone prior scheduled bout was postponed. The Nighthawks have now lost six of their last seven, whereas North Shore has won two of their last three games. 

Quick Hits

Ryan Cesarini is now tied for the Nighthawks all-time leader in triples.

The Nighthawks are hitting .324 in the sixth inning this season.

Upper Valley has allowed only 19 runs facing a team’s order for the third time.

Scouting the Opponent

Henry Kaczmar is hitting .333 in 30 games this season.

North Shore is 4-1 in their last five games.

North Shore is 8-7 at home.

Pitching Matchup 

UV: Teddy Tolliver: 17 IP, 12 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 19 K, 1.59 ERA

NS: Nate Espelin: 23.2 IP, 23 H, 12 ER, 10 BB, 18 K, 4.56 ERA

Hitter Comparison 

UV: Steve Harrington: .256 AVG, .362 OBP, .410 SLG, 7 Doubles, Triple, Home Run, 7 Runs, 9 RBI

NS: Luca Trigiani: .216 AVG, .286 OBP, .216 SLG, 9 Runs, 4 RBI

Team Comparison 

Nighthawks: 15-13, 6-9 AWAY, -2 Run Differential

Navigators: 15-16, 8-7 HOME, -6 Run Differential

All Time

The Nighthawks are 8-1 all time against the Navigators and were 2-0 against them last year.

All time the Nighthawks have outscored the Navigators 65-37.

The Nighthawks are 26-21 all time against the Coastal Division.

The Nighthawks are 4-2 all time in game 29 of the season.

The Nighthawks are 72-71 in away games all time and are 6-9 this season.

Upper Valley’s all-time record is 153-135.