Baseball Game Preview: Mundy's Mill Tigers vs. Northside Patriots

The Mundy's Mill Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Northside Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mundy's Mill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with seven straight losses, while Northside will come in with six straight wins.

It was a proper cat-fight when Mundy's Mill took on Starr's Mill on Wednesday. Mundy's Mill lost 16-1 to Starr's Mill.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northside). Everything went their way against Mundy's Mill on Tuesday as Northside made off with a 19-1 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Jacob McClure looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance gave him a new career-low in hits.

At the plate, Luke Norsworthy was a standout: he scored three runs while going 1-for-4. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in runs. Gabe Galarza also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

Northside hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in nine consecutive games.

Northside pushed their record up to 13-4 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Mundy's Mill, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-12.

Mundy's Mill might still be hurting after the 19-1 loss they got from Northside in their previous meeting on Tuesday. Can Mundy's Mill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.