Baseball Game Preview: Carthage Bulldogs vs. Van Vandals

For the second straight game, Carthage will face off against Van. The Bulldogs will challenge the Vandals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Carthage's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Van's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Carthage is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-2 win over Van.

For Van's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Mccurley, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.

Carthage's victory bumped their record up to 15-12-1. As for Van, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 28-7-1.