Softball Preview: Hanover Park Hornets vs. Madison Dodgers
Hanover Park is 9-1 against Madison since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Hanover Park Hornets will head out on the road to challenge the Madison Dodgers at 4:00 p.m. Hanover Park's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Madison's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Hanover Park's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Cranford on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Hanover Park's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Not much got past Jules Piano, who gave up just five hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Cranford off the board.
At the plate, Hanover Park saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tara Defazio, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, Madison sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over Parsippany on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Madison.
Hanover Park's loss dropped their record down to 15-6. As for Madison, the win got them back to even at 9-9.
Hanover Park skirted past Madison 2-1 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hanover Park since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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