Softball Preview: Anderson-Shiro Fighting Owls vs. Coldspring-Oakhurst Trojans
Anderson-Shiro has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Coldspring-Oakhurst Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Anderson-Shiro: 2.7, Coldspring-Oakhurst: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Anderson-Shiro's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Tuesday, when they got past Coldspring-Oakhurst's usually-dominant pitching crew. Anderson-Shiro had just enough and edged Coldspring-Oakhurst out 10-8.
For Coldspring-Oakhurst's part, Trinity Rosales put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 11 batters over ten innings while giving up eight earned (and two unearned) runs off ten hits. Rosales was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in five of her six plate appearances with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Izzy Doggett made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-5. Another player making a difference was Krissie Bennett, who scored two runs while going 2-for-6.
Anderson-Shiro is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Coldspring-Oakhurst, their loss ended a 20-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 21-3.
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