Softball Preview: Redwood Giants vs. Montgomery Vikings
The Redwood Giants will head out on the road to square off against the Montgomery Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Redwood has five straight wins, Montgomery has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Redwood is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Novato on Wednesday as Redwood made off with a 19-0 victory. Redwood might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six matches by seven runs or more this season.
Lily Cox (2026) was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Cox (2026) has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances. Cox (2026) was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Redwood got a massive performance out of Lucy Hamill (2026), who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Gia Meyers (2026), who went 2-for-2 with two triples, three runs, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Montgomery came up short against Rancho Cotate on Thursday and fell 5-2.
Montgomery saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Siena Quattrocchi, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Redwood has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Montgomery, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9-1.
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