Softball Game Preview: Graves County Eagles vs. Ballard Memorial Bombers

By Team Reports Apr 16, 2024, 4:09am

Softball Preview: Graves County Eagles vs. Ballard Memorial Bombers

Graves County and Ballard Memorial are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2017, but likely not for long. The Graves County Eagles will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Ballard Memorial Bombers, where first pitch is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Thursday, Graves County came up short against McCracken County and fell 8-3.

Meanwhile, Ballard Memorial didn't have quite enough to beat Paducah Tilghman on Saturday and fell 2-1. Ballard Memorial has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Ballard Memorial saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was T Williams, who went 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.

Graves County's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-6. As for Ballard Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.

Graves County came up short against Ballard Memorial in their previous meeting back in March, falling 4-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ballard Memorial's M Bohde, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over seven innings pitched. Now that Graves County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.

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