Baseball Game Preview: Escambia Gators vs. Fort Walton Beach Vikings

The Escambia Gators will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Fort Walton Beach Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Escambia will face Fort Walton Beach after dropping another heartbreaker against West Florida on Friday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 of beating them. Escambia fell just short of West Florida by a score of 4-2. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, the Gators couldn't push the score so high this time.

Escambia saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tucker Nix, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Meanwhile, Fort Walton Beach lost 15-5 to Freeport on Friday.

Cannon Wilbur was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one run. Trevor Camden was another, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.

Escambia's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Fort Walton Beach, they now have a losing record of 1-2.

Escambia skirted past Fort Walton Beach 13-11 in their previous meeting on Wednesday. Will Escambia repeat their success, or does Fort Walton Beach have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.