Softball Recap: Friday's Win Is Watertown's Ninth in Last 12 Outings

Purple Tigers

Margin (Wins)

04/14/25 vs York Institute	16
04/14/25 vs York Institute	16
03/27/25 @ Sycamore	14
04/02/25 vs Smith County	13
05/07/25 vs Monterey	12

Watertown won against Monterey on Wednesday with 12 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. The Purple Tigers blew past the Wildcats 12-2. Considering the Purple Tigers have won 12 matchups by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

The team relied heavily on Harlie Phillips, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run and five RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Pryor, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double.

Watertown hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their strikeout total in three consecutive contests.

Watertown is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Monterey, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-11-1.

Watertown didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 5-4 win against Trousdale County on the 12th. Monterey does not have any more games scheduled as of now.