Softball Preview: Green Mountain Rams vs. D'Evelyn Jaguars
Green Mountain hasn't had much luck against D'Evelyn recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Green Mountain Rams will head out to challenge the D'Evelyn Jaguars at 4:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Green Mountain took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Conifer a 10-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Rams considering their two-run performance the game before.
Meanwhile, D'Evelyn entered their tilt with Pomona on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Panthers 13-3. The Jaguars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Tess Miller spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on six hits.
At the plate, D'Evelyn got a massive performance out of Lyla Nagy, who went 3-for-4 with two triples, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Lainey Fletcher, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, D'Evelyn was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .531. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .367 or higher in seven consecutive contests.
Green Mountain's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-11. As for D'Evelyn, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season.
Green Mountain suffered a grim 19-4 defeat to D'Evelyn in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Green Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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