Baseball Game Preview: Woodford County Yellowjackets vs. Shelby County Rockets

For the second straight game, Woodford County will face off against Shelby County. The Yellowjackets will challenge the Rockets at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Woodford County's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Shelby County's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Woodford County's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Shelby County 1-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Yellowjackets have posted since March 26th.

Not much got past Landon Heim, who gave up just three hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Shelby County off the board. Heim has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances.

Woodford County is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Shelby County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-12.