Baseball Game Preview: Amboy Clippers vs. Eastland Cougars

For the second straight game, Amboy will face off against Eastland. The Clippers will challenge the Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Amboy fell victim to Eastland and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars. Clippers fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Cougars since on Tuesday.

Eastland is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.9 runs on average over those games. As for Amboy, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-9.