Baseball Game Preview: Taft Toreadors vs. Birmingham Patriots

Taft hasn't had much luck against Birmingham recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Toreadors will head out on the road to face off against the Patriots at 3:00 p.m.

Taft is headed into Wednesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Monday. They took a 9-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Burroughs.

Meanwhile, Birmingham waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Cavaliers by a score of 5-2.

Birmingham pushed their record up to 11-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.6 runs on average over those games. As for Taft, their loss dropped their record down to 4-14.

Taft couldn't quite get it done against Birmingham in their previous matchup back in March as they fell 4-1. Can the Toreadors avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.