Softball Game Preview: Naches Valley Rangers vs. Elma Eagles

The Naches Valley Rangers will venture away from home to square off against the Elma Eagles at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Naches Valley has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Elma will come in with four straight victories.

Naches Valley lost 15-4 to Royal on May 2nd.

Rochester typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Elma proved too difficult a challenge. They blew past the Warriors 13-4. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won eight games by nine runs or more so far this season.

Elma's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-8. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.5 runs over those games. As for Naches Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12.