Baseball Game Preview: Aurora East Tomcats vs. Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs

The Aurora East Tomcats will face off against the Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Aurora East has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with 14 straight defeats, while Riverside-Brookfield will come in with four straight victories.

Tuesday just wasn't the day for Aurora East's offense. They lost 17-0 to Bartlett on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Riverside-Brookfield sidestepped Ridgewood for a 3-1 win. That's two games straight that the Bulldogs have won by exactly two runs.

Riverside-Brookfield's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Aurora East, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.