Softball Preview: Northside Patriots vs. LaGrange Grangers
Northside has gone 9-1 against LaGrange recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Northside Patriots will be staying on the road to face off against the LaGrange Grangers at 5:00 p.m. Northside is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.8 runs per game this season.
Last Saturday, Northside earned a 7-2 victory over Woodstock.
Northside got a big performance out of Bailee Davis, who went 2-for-5 with a triple, two RBI, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Laci Martinez, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, LaGrange had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 6-0 shutout. The Grangers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.
Northside pushed their record up to 18-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for LaGrange, their record is now 15-6.
Everything went Northside's way against LaGrange in their previous meeting on September 7th, as Northside made off with a 13-1 victory. Will Northside repeat their success, or does LaGrange have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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