Softball Preview: Oceanside Mariners vs. Medomak Valley Panthers
Oceanside is 2-8 against Medomak Valley since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Oceanside Mariners will head out on the road to challenge the Medomak Valley Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Oceanside will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a six-run defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Morse on Friday. Oceanside narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Morse 5-3.
Meanwhile, Medomak Valley got themselves on the board against Erskine Academy on Friday, but Erskine Academy never followed suit. They had just enough and edged the Eagles out 1-0. That's two games straight that Medomak Valley has won by just one run.
Not much got past Madison Boynton, who gave up just three hits and racked up 13 Ks to keep Erskine Academy off the board. Boynton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 14 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Medomak Valley's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Peyton Eaton, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Oceanside's victory bumped their record up to 6-9. As for Medomak Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season.
Oceanside was able to grind out a solid win over Medomak Valley in their previous matchup on May 1st, winning 9-5. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oceanside since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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