Baseball Game Preview: Miami Wardogs vs. Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish

The Miami Wardogs will head out on the road to take on the Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Miami has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Bishop McGuinness will arrive with three straight wins.

Last Monday, Miami came up short against Grove and fell 9-4. That's two games in a row now that the Wardogs have lost by exactly five runs.

Miami saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grant Blundell, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another was Sam Lillard, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double.

Meanwhile, everything went Bishop McGuinness' way against Clinton on Tuesday as Bishop McGuinness made off with a 12-1 victory. The match marked the Fighting Irish's most dominant win of the season so far.

Spencer Bass spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up ten Ks. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.

Bishop McGuinness' victory bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Miami, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.