Softball Preview: West Anchorage Eagles vs. Bettye Davis East Anchorage Thunderbirds
West Anchorage has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Bettye Davis East Anchorage Thunderbirds at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday. West Anchorage is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
West Anchorage is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Colony, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (West Anchorage was ranked 20th). West Anchorage lost 11-5 to Colony on Monday. West Anchorage has not had much luck with Colony recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Sofie Bernal was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Bettye Davis East Anchorage entered their tilt with South Anchorage with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Wolverines out 2-1. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Bettye Davis East Anchorage has scored all season.
Bettye Davis East Anchorage's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Penina Tali, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
West Anchorage's loss dropped their record down to 5-14. As for Bettye Davis East Anchorage, their win was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-1.
West Anchorage suffered a grim 17-3 defeat to Bettye Davis East Anchorage when the teams last played on Saturday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bettye Davis East Anchorage's Isabella Lyons, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits (and not a single walk). Now that West Anchorage 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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