Baseball Game Preview: Camden Fairview Cardinals vs. Arkadelphia Badgers

The Camden Fairview Cardinals will venture away from home to take on the Arkadelphia Badgers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Camden Fairview took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They put the hurt on Des Arc with a sharp 8-2 victory. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Cardinals as it put an end to their five-game losing streak.

Brodie Dow was excellent, going 1-for-2 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. Thomas Walker also deserves some recognition as he got his first hits of the season.

Meanwhile, Arkadelphia came tearing into last Friday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victors by a 21-3 margin over the Bobcats. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Badgers considering their two-run performance the match before.

Arkadelphia's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Camden Fairview, their victory bumped their record up to 4-8.