Baseball Game Preview: Rain Red Raiders vs. UMS-Wright Prep Bulldogs

Rain is preparing for their first region matchup of the season on Wednesday. They will look to defend their home field against the UMS-Wright Prep Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Rain comes in still looking for their first win of the season.

Rain came up short against Blount on Friday, falling 12-2.

Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, UMS-Wright Prep's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of St. Paul's Episcopal by a score of 2-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Bulldogs have suffered since February 14th.

Andy Purvis was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. He is becoming a predictor of UMS-Wright Prep's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 2-1 (and 7-8 when he doesn't).

UMS-Wright Prep's loss dropped their record down to 9-9. As for Rain, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.