Baseball Game Preview: Zachary Broncos vs. University Lab Cubs

The Zachary Broncos will take on the University Lab Cubs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Zachary 3.1, University Lab 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Zachary is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Dutchtown on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Griffins by a score of 3-1.

Meanwhile, University Lab earned a 9-6 victory over E.D. White on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Cubs have won by exactly three runs.

Shepard Gammon made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Gammon was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. Those two runs gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Jake McCann was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4. Cade Conner was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.

Zachary's defeat dropped their record down to 10-10-1. As for University Lab, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-6.

Everything went Zachary's way against University Lab in their previous matchup back in February of 2015, as Zachary made off with a 10-0 victory. Will Zachary repeat their success, or does University Lab have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.