Softball Preview: Burke County Bears vs. Josey Eagles
On Thursday Burke County will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the Josey Eagles at 5:00 p.m. Burke County will be strutting in after a victory while Josey will be coming in after a loss.
Burke County is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Butler 29-1 on Tuesday. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by six runs or more this season.
Malia Washington made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in hits. Washington was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Burke County got a massive performance out of Braylin Fare, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-3. Fare is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. Maddox Russell was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Burke County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .484. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 38%.
Meanwhile, Josey entered their contest against Thomson on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Josey lost 19-5 to Thomson. The Eagles have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as their match on Tuesday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Burke County is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6 record this season. As for Josey, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
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