Baseball Game Preview: ALA - Gilbert North Eagles vs. Eastmark Firebirds

For the second straight game, ALA - Gilbert North will face off against Eastmark. The Eagles will take on the Firebirds at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (ALA - Gilbert North has six straight wins, Eastmark has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

ALA - Gilbert North barely beat Eastmark the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Eagles put the hurt on the Firebirds with a sharp 13-3 victory on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won eight matchups by six runs or more so far this season.

ALA - Gilbert North let Grady Poulsen and Nash Bigham run wild. Poulsen went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Bigham went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. That's the most runs Poulsen has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Tyson Webster, who went 1-for-2 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.

ALA - Gilbert North was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .545. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .310 or higher in five consecutive contests.

ALA - Gilbert North pushed their record up to 11-8 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.7 runs over those games. As for Eastmark, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-11.