Baseball Game Preview: Aledo Bearcats vs. Smithson Valley Rangers

The Aledo Bearcats will take on the Smithson Valley Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Aledo 1.7, Smithson Valley 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Aledo is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let McKinney North get on the board and left with a 6-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Bearcats, who have now won 14 games by six runs or more so far this season.

Meanwhile, Smithson Valley won against Barbers Hill on Thursday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. The Rangers narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Eagles 4-3. The win was nothing new for the Rangers as they're now sitting on four straight.

Aledo is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 31-8 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.9 runs over those games. As for Smithson Valley, they pushed their record up to 27-12 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.