Softball Game Preview: Triton Central Tigers vs. Shelbyville Golden Bears

By Team Reports Apr 26, 2024, 10:58am

Softball Preview: Triton Central Tigers vs. Shelbyville Golden Bears

Triton Central is 0-6 against Shelbyville since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Triton Central Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Shelbyville Golden Bears at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Triton Central will head out to face Shelbyville after giving up their first home loss of the season on Wednesday. Triton Central fell victim to a tough 12-2 defeat at the hands of Indianapolis Lutheran. That's two games in a row now that Triton Central has lost by exactly ten runs.

Makinah Noel made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Jalynn Keith was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.

Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Shelbyville's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of New Palestine. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Shelbyville couldn't push the score so high this time.

Triton Central now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Shelbyville, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5.

Triton Central might still be hurting after the 18-0 defeat they got from Shelbyville in their previous matchup back in May of 2021. Can Triton Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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