Softball Game Preview: Sarcoxie Bears vs. Skyline Tigers

The Sarcoxie Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Skyline Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Sarcoxie is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 16 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Lockwood on Wednesday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. The loss continues a trend for the Bears in their meetings with the Tigers: they've now lost three in a row.

Meanwhile, Skyline is still undefeated this season after their matchup against Miller on Tuesday, but Miller came as close as anyone has to beating them. The Tigers had just enough and edged out the Cardinals 3-1.

Skyline pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.6 runs on average over those games. As for Sarcoxie, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.