Softball Game Preview: Orting Heads Out

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 5:38am

Softball Preview: Orting Cardinals vs. Steilacoom Sentinels

Orting is 9-1 against Steilacoom since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Orting Cardinals will head out on the road to take on the Steilacoom Sentinels at 4:00 p.m. Orting will be strutting in after a win while Steilacoom will be coming in after a loss.

Orting is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Foss with a sharp 25-0 victory on Tuesday. Orting might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight games by eight runs or more this season.

Meanwhile, Steilacoom was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 10-1 to Franklin Pierce.

Orting now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Steilacoom, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.

Everything went Orting's way against Steilacoom when the teams last played back in April as Orting made off with a 16-5 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Orting since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps