Baseball Game Preview: Gainesville Cardinals vs. Deep Run Wildcats

The Gainesville Cardinals will challenge the Deep Run Wildcats on Tuesday. The last three games Gainesville has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.

Gainesville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Battlefield, sneaking past 5-4. That's two games straight that the Cardinals have won by just one run.

Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Deep Run's offense. They fell just short of Glen Allen by a score of 1-0 on Thursday.

Will Frank spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on seven hits. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in ten consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Deep Run saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eric Skowycz, who went 1-for-3 with one triple. That triple marked the first that Skowycz has hit this season.

Gainesville is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.4 runs over those games. As for Deep Run, their loss dropped their record down to 15-9.