Softball Game Preview: St. Patrick Fighting Irish vs. Magee Trojans

The St. Patrick Fighting Irish will take on the Magee Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

St. Patrick is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Kemper County get on the board and left with a 20-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Fighting Irish, who have now won 11 games by nine runs or more so far this season.

Meanwhile, Magee entered their tilt with Franklin County on Friday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 21-7 win. That's two games straight that the Trojans have won by exactly 14 runs.

St. Patrick is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 17-10 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Magee, their win bumped their record up to 8-9.