Baseball Preview: Pittsburg Dragons vs. Fort Scott Tigers
Pittsburg has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Fort Scott Tigers at TBD on Friday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pittsburg scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Field Kindley with a sharp 9-2 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, Fort Scott waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Vikings a 7-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Fort Scott, who have now won four games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Pittsburg pushed their record up to 5-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.7 runs per game. As for Fort Scott, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Pittsburg beat Fort Scott 6-3 in their previous matchup on Thursday. Will Pittsburg repeat their success, or does Fort Scott have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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