Softball Game Preview: Bear Lake on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 6:05am

Softball Preview: Bear Lake Bears vs. Soda Springs Cardinals

Bear Lake is 9-1 against Soda Springs since May of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Bear Lake Bears will be playing in front of their home fans against the Soda Springs Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. Bear Lake is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.

Bear Lake's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against West Side as Bear Lake made off with a 15-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Bear Lake.

The team relied heavily on Natalie Parslow, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Taylin DeClark was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing four bases.

Meanwhile, Soda Springs fell victim to Malad and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 17-0 to the Dragons. The matchup marked the first time this season in which Soda Springs was not able to get on the board.

Bear Lake's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-11. As for Soda Springs, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-11.

Everything went Bear Lake's way against Soda Springs in their previous meeting on Friday as Bear Lake made off with a 10-4 victory. Does Bear Lake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Soda Springs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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