Baseball Game Preview: West Lauderdale Knights vs. Newton County Cougars

For the second straight game, West Lauderdale will face off against Newton County. The Knights will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Cougars at 7:00 p.m. West Lauderdale's pitching crew has only allowed 1.7 runs per game this season, so Newton County's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

West Lauderdale's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Newton County with a sharp 12-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won 11 matchups by ten runs or more so far this season.

West Lauderdale is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs over those games. As for Newton County, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-10.