Softball Preview: Pike Central Chargers vs. Forest Park Rangers
Pike Central is 7-1 against Forest Park since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Pike Central Chargers will be playing at home against the Forest Park Rangers at 5:30 p.m. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Pike Central's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against North Posey on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to the Vikings. The defeat continues a trend for Pike Central in their matchups with North Posey: they've now lost six in a row.
Pike Central saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brailey Mills, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Forest Park was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost 10-0 to Heritage Hills.
Pike Central's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-12. As for Forest Park, their loss dropped their record down to 6-14.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Pike Central hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Forest Park struggles in that department as they've been averaging 1.1. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Pike Central's way against Forest Park in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Pike Central made off with an 18-1 victory. Will Pike Central repeat their success, or does Forest Park have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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