Baseball Game Preview: St. Laurence Vikings vs. Palmetto Tigers

The St. Laurence Vikings will take on the Palmetto Tigers in a tournament on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Laurence has three straight wins, Palmetto has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

St. Laurence had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 12-run drubbing they dealt Berwyn/Cicero Morton on Friday. St. Laurence was the clear victor by a 13-1 margin over Berwyn/Cicero Morton. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Vikings considering their two-run performance the contest before.

Meanwhile, Palmetto fell victim to Bishop Verot and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 12-0 to the Vikings.

St. Laurence pushed their record up to 3-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.the team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team won's by an average of 8 runs thus far As for Palmetto, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-12.