Softball Preview: Liberty Blue Jays vs. Ritenour Huskies
The Liberty Blue Jays will venture away from home to challenge the Ritenour Huskies at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Liberty will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Last Monday, it was close, but Liberty sidestepped Park Hill for a 2-1 victory. That's two games straight that the Blue Jays have won by just one run.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last contest, Ritenour made sure to put some runs up on the board against Affton on Thursday. Ritenour's pitcher stepped up to hand Affton a 17-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Huskies, who have now won ten games by six runs or more so far this season.
Madison Brown made a big impact no matter where she played. She pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Ritenour got a massive performance out of Lillie Vargo, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave Vargo a new career-high in hits. Another player making a difference was Jaycee Durnin, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, two stolen bases, and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ritenour was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .652. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Liberty has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-12 record this season. As for Ritenour, their record is now 15-10.
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