Softball Recap: Effingham's loss ends five-game winning streak at home

By Team Reports May 4, 2024, 10:24am

Softball Recap: Effingham Flaming Hearts vs. Pinckneyville Panthers

After a string of eight wins, Effingham's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell 9-4 to the Pinckneyville Panthers.

Raegan Boone was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times she's played.

Effingham's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-7. As for Pinckneyville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season.

Effingham will head out on the road to take on Teutopolis at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Pinckneyville, they will square off against Marshall at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Marshall: 4, Pinckneyville: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.

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