Baseball Game Preview: Mission Valley Vikings vs. Burlington Wildcats

The Mission Valley Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Burlington Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Mission Valley's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Marais des Cygnes Valley as they made off with a 13-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.

11 must be Burlington's lucky number: they beat Wellsville with that score not once but twice on Tuesday. The Wildcats put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 11-0 victory. The Wildcats have beaten the Eagles the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Eagles has come to flipping the script.

Mission Valley's win was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0-2. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.1 runs over those games. As for Burlington, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.