Baseball Game Preview: Childress Bobcats vs. Bushland Falcons

Childress is 1-9 against Bushland since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Bobcats will take on the Falcons at 4:30 p.m. Childress has given up an average of 7.2 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

On Friday, Childress didn't have quite enough to beat Dalhart and fell 14-13.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bushland). They blew past River Road 34-2 on Friday. Considering the Falcons have won eight games by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Bushland got a massive performance out of Lincoln Krause, who went 3-for-5 with one home run, four runs, and five RBI. Those four runs gave Krause a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Colton Strickland, who went 3-for-6 with three runs, four RBI, and two doubles.

Bushland always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .712. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Bushland pushed their record up to 13-10 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 22.0 runs over those games. As for Childress, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-9-1.

Childress came up short against Bushland in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 12-8. Can the Bobcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.