Softball Preview: Wray/Yuma Eagles vs. McCook Bison
Wray/Yuma has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the McCook Bison at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wray/Yuma is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
Wray/Yuma will head out to face McCook after giving up their first home loss of the season on Saturday. Wray/Yuma lost 15-2 to Valley. Having soared to a lofty 14 runs in the game before, the Eagles couldn't push the score so high this time.
Even though they lost, Wray/Yuma didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 3.1 strikeouts per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 6.8.
Meanwhile, McCook never let their opponents score on Monday. Everything went their way against Highway 6 as McCook made off with an 11-0 win. Considering the Bison have won 14 matches by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Brooklynn Gillen, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Dani Johnson, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Wray/Yuma now has a losing record at 5-6-1. As for McCook, they pushed their record up to 16-5 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
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