Baseball Game Preview: Orting Cardinals vs. Fife Trojans

For the second straight game, Orting will face off against Fife. The Cardinals will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Trojans at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Orting 3.2, Fife 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Orting will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Fife, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Cardinals blew past the Trojans 8-1 on Tuesday. Considering the Cardinals have won 11 matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

For Fife's part, Brett Marvel was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off five hits. Marvel has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Fife saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Hoots, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and one run.

Orting has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for Fife, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-7.