Baseball Game Preview: Orleans Bulldogs vs. Eastern Greene Thunderbirds

The Orleans Bulldogs will take on the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Orleans is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.

Barr-Reeve hit Orleans with a four-run fourth inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Bulldogs might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 8-5 to the Vikings, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.

Orleans saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jeremiah Tegarden, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Eastern Greene has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 3.74 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Wednesday. They came up short against Bloomington North, falling 14-3. The Thunderbirds' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.

Eastern Greene's loss dropped their record down to 15-4. As for Orleans, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-15.

Orleans couldn't quite get it done against Eastern Greene when the teams last played back in May of 2024 as they fell 10-5. Will the Bulldogs have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.