Baseball Game Preview: Eagle Mountain Knights vs. Burkburnett Bulldogs

The Eagle Mountain Knights will take on the Burkburnett Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eagle Mountain has three straight wins, Burkburnett has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

If Eagle Mountain beats Burkburnett with nine runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Eagle Mountain came out on top against Burkburnett by a score of 9-4 on Tuesday.

For Burkburnett's part, Mason Williams was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one double. The dominant performance gave Williams a new career-high in hits. Cooper Riley also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.

Eagle Mountain's victory bumped their record up to 5-7. As for Burkburnett, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.