Baseball Game Preview: Raleigh Lions vs. Forest Bearcats

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Previous Games

04/23/21 - Home	2-1 W
04/20/21 - Away	0-1 L
03/30/19 - Home	15-5 W
03/23/19 - Away	8-0 W
03/24/18 - Away	5-4 W
+ 2 more games

Raleigh is 6-1 against Forest since March of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Raleigh Lions will challenge the Forest Bearcats at 5:00 p.m.

It was a proper cat-fight when Raleigh duked it out with Meridian on Tuesday. Raleigh fell 13-8 to Meridian.

Cody Moseley made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Damonta Keyes, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Forest). They came out on top against Union by a score of 19-15 on Tuesday. With that win, the Bearcats brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.

Pablo Morales was incredible, getting on base in five of his six plate appearances with two stolen bases, five RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases. Chandler Perkins also deserves some recognition as he scored his first runs of the season.

Forest always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .615. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Forest's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Raleigh, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.

Raleigh skirted past Forest 2-1 in their previous meeting back in April of 2021. The rematch might be a little tougher for Raleigh since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.