Softball Game Preview: Fayetteville Bulldogs vs. Springdale Bulldogs

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Previous Games

04/25/24 - Home	1-2 L
02/27/24 - Away	6-0 W
05/01/23 - Away	17-16 W
02/28/23 - Home	12-6 W
04/05/22 - Away	10-9 W
+ 5 more games

Fayetteville has gone 8-2 against Springdale recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. We've got a battle between Bulldogs coming up. Fayetteville is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

Fayetteville will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Rogers Heritage, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Fayetteville walked away with a 10-5 win over Rogers Heritage on Tuesday. While the Bulldogs didn't have the best season last year (they finished 12-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Fayetteville let Elisabeth Hampton and Ava Garcia run wild. Hampton went 2-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and one double, while Garcia went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Kendall Watts, who went 1-for-3 with one home run.

Fayetteville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .412. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.

Meanwhile, Springdale came up short against Bentonville West on Tuesday, falling 11-1.

Fayetteville's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-0-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Springdale, they now have a losing record of 1-2.