For the second straight game, Marquette will face off against Eureka. The Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Marquette 3.6, Eureka 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Marquette is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Eureka, who was ranked 12th at the time (Marquette was ranked 16th). The Mustangs might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 5-2 to the Wildcats, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Eureka has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.6 runs over those games. As for Marquette, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-5.
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