Baseball Game Preview: Russell County Lakers vs. Cumberland County Panthers

For the second straight game, Russell County will face off against Cumberland County. The Lakers will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Panthers at 5:30 p.m. One thing working in Russell County's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last five matches.

On Tuesday, Russell County made easy work of Cumberland County and carried off a 15-6 win. The Lakers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.

Russell County is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.2 runs over those games. As for Cumberland County, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-7.