Baseball Game Preview: North Myrtle Beach Chiefs vs. Myrtle Beach Seahawks

For the second straight game, North Myrtle Beach will face off against Myrtle Beach. The Chiefs will host the Seahawks at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North Myrtle Beach is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.

Myrtle Beach will be up against a hot North Myrtle Beach squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Chiefs' pitchers stepped up to hand the Seahawks a 7-0 shutout on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Chiefs, who have now won eight games by six runs or more so far this season.

Fisher Nichols looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, North Myrtle Beach got a big performance out of Gabe Priest, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Asa Board, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

North Myrtle Beach's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Myrtle Beach, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-13.