Softball Game Preview: Buffalo Bison vs. St. Marys Blue Devils

By Team Reports Apr 17, 2024, 5:31am

Softball Preview: Buffalo Bison vs. St. Marys Blue Devils

The Buffalo Bison will head out on the road to challenge the St. Marys Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Buffalo is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They walked away with an 8-3 victory over Greenbrier West on Monday.

Meanwhile, St. Marys put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 15-0 margin over Williamstown. St. Marys might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won ten contests by eight runs or more this season.

St. Marys got a big performance out of Breanna Price, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1. Ava Giovinazzo was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Buffalo's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-7. As for St. Marys, their victory was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-0.

Buffalo came up short against St. Marys in their previous meeting back in March, falling 8-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Marys' Cali Masters, who struck out 16 batters over nine innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Now that Buffalo 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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