Baseball Game Preview: Blazer Tomcats vs. Pike County Central Hawks

The Blazer Tomcats will venture away from home to square off against the Pike County Central Hawks at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Blazer had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the eight-run drubbing they dealt Paintsville on Friday. The Tomcats' pitchers stepped up to hand the Tigers an 8-0 shutout.

Meanwhile, Pike County Central had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Cardinals. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Hawks have posted since April 17th.

Blazer has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-15 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Pike County Central, their win bumped their record up to 19-9.