Softball Preview: Cave City Cavemen vs. Newport Greyhounds
The Cave City Cavemen will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Newport Greyhounds, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:00 p.m. Cave City hasn't scored more than two runs for three games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
While Cave City couldn't quite beat Melbourne in Friday's second game, the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the ten-point loss they were dealt in Friday's first game. Cave City fell just short of Melbourne by a score of 3-1.
Meanwhile, Newport was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 17-1 walloping at the hands of Tuckerman.
Newport saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lexi Hembrey, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Cave City's loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Newport, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-13.
Cave City suffered a grim 10-3 defeat to Newport when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newport's MaKaylie Gist, who struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Cave City knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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