Softball Game Preview: Central on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 4:46am

Softball Preview: Central Raiders vs. Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] Titans

Central is 8-2 against Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Central Raiders will be playing at home against the Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] Titans at 4:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.

Central is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Mayer Lutheran on Tuesday as Central made off with a 13-2 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Meanwhile, Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] never let their opponents score on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Sibley East as Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] made off with an 11-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center].

Central's victory bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center], their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-6.

Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 11-9. Does Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tri-City United [Montgomery-Lonsdale/Le Center] turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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