Baseball Game Preview: McFarland Spartans vs. Portage Warriors

For the second straight game, McFarland will face off against Portage. The Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

McFarland had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the six-run drubbing they dealt Portage on Tuesday. The Spartans blew past the Warriors 7-1. The matchup marked the Spartans' most dominant victory of the season.

McFarland is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Portage, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-8.