Baseball Game Preview: White Oak Vikings vs. Richlands Wildcats

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Previous Games

04/15/25 - Neutral	6-4 W
03/28/25 - Home	2-7 L
04/29/24 - Home	4-18 L
04/24/24 - Away	1-11 L
03/25/24 - Away	12-13 L
+ 5 more games

White Oak and Richlands are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2022, but likely not for long. The Vikings will head out to square off against the Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither White Oak nor Richlands posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Dixon hit White Oak with a six-run first inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Vikings lost 11-0 to the Bulldogs. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Vikings haven't been shut out since back in March.

Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Richlands' offense. They came up short against West Carteret on Tuesday, falling 10-0. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Richlands' defeat dropped their record down to 6-13. As for White Oak, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12.

White Oak came out on top in a nail-biter against Richlands in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 6-4. Do the Vikings have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.