Softball Preview: South Bend St. Joseph Huskies vs. Logansport Berries
The South Bend St. Joseph Huskies will head out on the road to challenge the Logansport Berries at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (South Bend St. Joseph: 2.6, Logansport: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
South Bend St. Joseph's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past South Bend Riley 1-0. The victory was familiar territory for South Bend St. Joseph who now have four in a row.
Not much got past Berkley Zache, who gave up just two hits and racked up 18 Ks to keep South Bend Riley off the board. Zache has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than 11 strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, South Bend St. Joseph's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kiley Weinberg, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Logansport won against Kokomo on Wednesday with eight runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Logansport walked away with an 8-4 victory over Caston. The win was familiar territory for Logansport who now have five in a row.
Aracyn Good was incredible, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3. Adrienne Scott was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
South Bend St. Joseph is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season. As for Logansport, their victory bumped their record up to 16-3.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. South Bend St. Joseph hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.8 home runs per game. However, it's not like Logansport struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
South Bend St. Joseph came out on top in a nail-biter against Logansport in their previous matchup back in May of 2021, sneaking past 5-3. Will South Bend St. Joseph repeat their success, or does Logansport have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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