Baseball Game Preview: Oxford Yellow Jackets vs. Shades Valley Mounties

For the second straight game, Oxford will face off against Shades Valley. The Yellow Jackets will venture away from home to square off against the Mounties at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Oxford is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.

Oxford's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Shades Valley 10-0. Considering the Yellow Jackets have won 11 contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Oxford's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-7. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Shades Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-17.