Cards, Naturals to open series
Hello everyone, I'm Dan Lucy on the Ozarks First digital desk.
The Springfield Cardinals hope to open their home stand Wednesday night against Northwest Arkansas.
In our Cardinals Nation update.
Tuesday night's series opener was rained out, and the Cardinals and Naturals will play a double header on Friday to make up for the postponement.
It's the fourth time this season that a game has been rained out at Hammons Field.
Wednesday night's game will be the seventh of 24 games played between the Cardinals and Naturals.
Northwest Arkansas won four of the first six games.
Those were played at Hammons Field at the beginning of this month.
Max Rajcic will get the start for Springfield.
Rajcic has had bad luck, he won his first start in early April and has not won since.
He's had three losses and his last three starts have been no decisions.
Springfield hopes the rainout won't stop it's momentum.
The Cardinals have won seven of their last eight games, and 13 of the last 19 played.
For more sports watch Ozarks First news at nine and ten.
And I'll see you then.
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