Baseball Game Preview: Jefferson Bears vs. Riverview Pirates

For the second straight game, Jefferson will face off against Riverview. The Bears will square off against the Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Jefferson's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last four games.

If Jefferson beats Riverview with 11 runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Bears' pitchers stepped up to hand the Pirates an 11-0 shutout on Monday. Considering the Bears have won eight contests by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Jefferson has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Riverview, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-9.