Baseball Game Preview: Grace Prep Lions vs. Grace Community Cougars

The Grace Prep Lions will venture away from home to challenge the Grace Community Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty run totals in their previous games.

Grace Prep took a ten-run loss the last time they faced off against Regents, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Lions skirted past the Knights 14-13. Considering the Lions' hitters had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.

Meanwhile, Grace Community came tearing into Friday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Bears as they made off with a 12-2 victory. Considering the Cougars have won 11 matches by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Grace Community's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-5. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Grace Prep, the win got them back to even at 12-12-1.