Baseball Game Preview: Beaufort Eagles vs. Bluffton Bobcats

For the second straight game, Beaufort will face off against Bluffton. The Eagles will head out to face off against the Bobcats at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Beaufort has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while Bluffton will come in with three straight wins.

Bluffton hit Beaufort with a six-run sixth inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Eagles fell just short of the Bobcats by a score of 6-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Eagles have suffered since March 31st.

For Bluffton's part, their victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Dawson Kunze, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Bluffton's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-8. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Beaufort, their loss dropped their record down to 8-13.