Baseball Game Preview: East Columbus Gators vs. West Columbus Vikings

Gators

Runs

04/29/25 @ West Columbus	4
04/22/25 vs St. Pauls	7
04/21/25 @ Fairmont	10
04/19/25 vs Purnell Swett	2
04/16/25 @ Heide Trask	11
+ 15 more games

For the second straight game, East Columbus will face off against West Columbus. The Gators will be playing at home against the Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. East Columbus is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.

East Columbus is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering West Columbus just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took an 8-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Vikings. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

East Columbus saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brooks Mclean, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run.

West Columbus' win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-12. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for East Columbus, their loss dropped their record down to 13-7.