Softball Preview: Shades Valley Mounties vs. Leeds Greenwave
Shades Valley is 2-8 against Leeds since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Shades Valley Mounties will head out on the road to face off against the Leeds Greenwave at 9:00 a.m. Shades Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
After soaring to 14 runs the game before, Shades Valley was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 16-2 walloping at the hands of Homewood.
Carleigh Blackwell made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-1 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Leeds can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. They came out on top against Pinson Valley by a score of 16-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). While fans of Leeds might be used to big wins, the 16-run margin marked the team's biggest win yet this season.
Leeds got a massive performance out of Katelyn Howard, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Sophie Gromko, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Shades Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Leeds, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Saturday as neither team is afraid to steal. Shades Valley has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.3 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Leeds struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Shades Valley might still be hurting after the 17-3 loss they got from Leeds when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Leeds' Maddie Payne, who fired off two home runs, six RBI, and three runs while going 2-for-3. Now that Shades Valley 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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