Baseball Game Preview: Fair Grove Eagles vs. Portageville Bulldogs

Fair Grove has won 18 straight games at home, while Portageville has won 18 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The Eagles will host the Bulldogs at 10:00 a.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Fair Grove 2.6, Portageville 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Fair Grove barely beat Clever the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Eagles blew past the Blue Jays 11-5 on Friday. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 16 games by six runs or more this season.

Meanwhile, Portageville extended their postseason success on Thursday against Valley Park. They came out on top against the Hawks by a score of 8-5. That's two games straight that the Bulldogs have won by exactly three runs.

Fair Grove is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 27-7 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Portageville, their victory bumped their record up to 23-10.