Baseball Game Preview: Mountain Brook Spartans vs. Huffman Vikings

For the second straight game, Mountain Brook will face off against Huffman. The Spartans are taking a road trip to challenge the Vikings at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Mountain Brook's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Huffman's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Mountain Brook's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Huffman with a sharp 19-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Spartans, who have now won 13 contests by six runs or more so far this season.

For Huffman's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Craig, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases. Craig is becoming a predictor of the Vikings' success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 5-2 (and 2-5 when he doesn't).

Mountain Brook's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-4-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Huffman, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost six of their last eight games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-7 record this season.