Softball Preview: Normal Community Ironmen vs. Ottawa Pirates
Normal Community has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Ottawa Pirates at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Normal Community is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Normal Community is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Richwoods on Wednesday as Normal Community made off with an 18-7 victory.
Madison Ummel and McKenna Baughman did most of the damage at the plate: Ummel scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances, while Baughman scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Hayley Michels, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
Ottawa lost 10-3 to Geneseo on Wednesday.
Normal Community has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-19 record this season. As for Ottawa, their loss dropped their record down to 17-11.
Normal Community couldn't quite finish off Ottawa when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 5-3. Can Normal Community avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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