Baseball Game Preview: Villa Rica Wildcats vs. South Paulding Spartans

For the second straight game, Villa Rica will face off against South Paulding. The Wildcats will welcome the Spartans at 5:55 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Villa Rica 1.9, South Paulding 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Villa Rica is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: South Paulding, who was ranked 24th at the time (Villa Rica was ranked 15th). The Wildcats lost 10-3 to the Spartans on Tuesday. The Wildcats' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.

The win (which was South Paulding's tenth in a row) raised their record to 24-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.9 runs on average over those games. As for Villa Rica, their loss dropped their record down to 23-3.