Softball Recap: Forney extends road winning streak to 17

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 7:55am

Softball Recap: Forney Jackrabbits vs. Lovejoy Leopards

With a playoff game on the line, Forney rose to the challenge on Friday. Everything went their way against the Lovejoy Leopards as they made off with an 11-1 victory. Forney might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 24 games by six runs or more this season.

For Lovejoy's part, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Izzy Guarriello, who went 1-for-2 with a home run. Guarriello has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.

Forney pushed their record up to 35-2-3 with that win, which was their 17th straight on the road. As for Lovejoy, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 23-11-1.

Forney will have a chance to go back-to-back against Lovejoy: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.

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