Baseball Game Preview: Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats vs. Evansville Memorial Tigers

The Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Evansville Memorial Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Evansville Mater Dei's pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so Evansville Memorial's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

It was a proper cat-fight when Evansville Mater Dei challenged Evansville Reitz on Tuesday. The Wildcats never let the Panthers get on the board and left with a 2-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Wildcats have posted against the Panthers since May 20, 2021.

Meanwhile, Evansville Memorial was not the first on the board on Wednesday, but they got there more often. They walked away with a 6-2 win over Evansville Harrison. The Tigers haven't had any issues with the Warriors recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.

Evansville Mater Dei is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.6 runs on average over those games. As for Evansville Memorial, their victory bumped their record up to 13-3.