Baseball Game Preview: Dougherty Valley Wildcats vs. Dublin Gaels

Dougherty Valley is on a seven-game streak of home losses, and Dublin a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Wednesday. The Dougherty Valley Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Dublin Gaels at 4:00 p.m. Neither Dougherty Valley nor Dublin posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Saturday just wasn't the day for Dougherty Valley's offense. They came up short against De La Salle on Saturday, falling 22-0. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Meanwhile, while it was Dublin who put the first runs on the board on Friday, it was Granada who put up more. The Gaels fell 4-1 to the Matadors.

Dublin got a good showing from Andrew Zorinich, who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Zorinich has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.

On the hitting side, Dublin saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elijah McNeal, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.

Dougherty Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 2-19. As for Dublin, their loss dropped their record down to 16-7.