Baseball Game Preview: Melbourne Bearkatz vs. McCrory Jaguars

The Melbourne Bearkatz will square off against the McCrory Jaguars at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. Melbourne is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

Melbourne made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Westside, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Melbourne was the clear victor by a 13-2 margin over Westside on Saturday. The Bearkatz might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by eight runs or more this season.

Meanwhile, McCrory came up short against Palestine-Wheatley on Friday and fell 11-6.

Melbourne pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for McCrory, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 3-2.

Melbourne beat McCrory 4-1 when the teams last played back in April of 2021. Does Melbourne have another victory up their sleeve, or will McCrory turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.