Baseball Game Preview: Poplarville Hornets vs. Purvis Tornadoes

The Poplarville Hornets will venture away from home to challenge the Purvis Tornadoes at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Poplarville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.

Poplarville came up short against Hattiesburg on Thursday, falling 16-8. The Hornets have struggled against the Tigers recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meetings.

Brock Sheppard

Stolen Base (Career)

03/13/25 @ Hattiesburg	3
03/08/25 vs Picayune	1
02/25/25 @ West Jones	1
02/21/25 vs Hancock	1
02/15/25 @ Stone	1

Brock Sheppard was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing Three bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Trac Smith, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double.

Even though they lost, Poplarville hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in eight consecutive matches.

Meanwhile, Purvis lost 9-3 to Tri-County Academy on Friday. The Tornadoes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

The defeat was their first on the road , dropping their record down to 12-4. As for Poplarville, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6.

Poplarville couldn't quite get it done against Purvis in their previous meeting back in March of 2023 as they fell 8-3. Can Poplarville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.