Softball Game Preview: Sachse Mustangs vs. Rowlett Eagles

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Previous Games

03/28/24 - Home	16-7 W
02/27/24 - Away	7-8 L
03/31/23 - Home	8-3 W
02/28/23 - Away	8-0 W
04/11/22 - Home	14-0 W
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Sachse is 9-1 against Rowlett since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. Sachse will be playing at home against Rowlett at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Rowlett will be up against a hot Sachse squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Everything went Sachse's way against Naaman Forest on Tuesday as Sachse made off with a 14-4 win.

Maya Mcclarity and Logan Schultz made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Mcclarity tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Schultz struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). That's the fewest hits Mcclarity has allowed since back in February. At the plate, Mcclarity scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Schultz scored a run while going 1-for-3.

In other batting news, Sachse got a massive performance out of Shelby Siratt, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Kendyl Cruz, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.

Sachse was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in eight consecutive games.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Rowlett, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They never let North Garland get on the board and left with a 16-0 victory on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won seven matchups by six runs or more so far this season.

Sachse's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-7. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Rowlett, their win bumped their record up to 8-11-1.

Sachse took their victory against Rowlett in their previous meeting back in March of 2024 by a conclusive 16-7. Will Sachse repeat their success, or does Rowlett has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.