Softball Preview: Kewanee Boilermakers vs. Princeton Tigers
Kewanee has been on the road for four straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Princeton Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The pair are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
After only two runs in their last contest, Kewanee made sure to put some runs up on the board against Farmington on Saturday. Everything went Kewanee's way against Farmington as Kewanee made off with an 11-2 victory. With that win, Kewanee brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Kalleigh Gale made a splash no matter where she played. She struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Gale has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Gale was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with a home run, four runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Kewanee let Macee Pickering and Kieryn Abernathy loose on the outfield. Pickering went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a double, while Abernathy scored a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Tiska, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Princeton can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Thursday. They never let Hall onto the board and left with a 15-0 victory. That's two games straight that Princeton has won by exactly 15 runs.
Kewanee is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Princeton, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-2.
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