Softball Preview: Childress Bobcats vs. River Road Wildcats
Childress is 1-9 against River Road since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Childress Bobcats will face off against the River Road Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. Childress is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Childress is is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Clarendon by a score of 6-4. That's two games in a row now that Childress has lost by exactly two runs.
Ansley Parr put in work while hitting and pitching. She struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off seven hits. Parr has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. Parr was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
Parr wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Clarissa Gamboa, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, River Road put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Friday. Everything went their way against Canadian as River Road made off with a 15-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for River Road.
Childress' loss dropped their record down to 18-9. As for River Road, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season.
Childress took their win against River Road when the teams last played back in March of 2021 by a conclusive 25-0. Will Childress repeat their success, or does River Road have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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