Baseball Game Preview: St. James Tigers vs. Bourbon War Hawks

By Team Reports May 8, 2026, 10:07pm

Baseball Preview: St. James Tigers vs. Bourbon War Hawks

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Previous Games

05/13/25 - Home12-2 W
05/07/24 - Away2-1 W
05/09/23 - Home11-1 W
05/10/22 - Away12-2 W
04/08/19 - Home6-3 W
+ 3 more games

St. James is 7-1 against Bourbon since May of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Tigers will face off against the War Hawks at 4:30 p.m. Neither St. James nor Bourbon posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

It was a proper cat-fight when St. James challenged Linn on Thursday. The Tigers lost 13-0 to the Wildcats. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their meetings with the Wildcats: they've now lost four in a row.

Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Bourbon's offense. They came up short against Cuba on Friday, falling 11-0. War Hawks fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team has lost against the Wildcats since Friday.

St. James' loss dropped their record down to 2-17. As for Bourbon, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-7.

Everything went St. James' way against Bourbon when the teams last played back in May of 2025, as St. James made off with a 12-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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