Softball Preview: Sunlake Seahawks vs. East Lake Eagles
The Sunlake Seahawks will challenge the East Lake Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Sunlake is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They had just enough and edged Sickles out 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for Sunlake as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Mia Fields made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Fields has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Fields was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Fields wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Marissa Martinez, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, East Lake had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Buccaneers and snuck past 4-3.
Like Sunlake, East Lake also got a great game from a two-way player: Lucy Mondok. She pitched seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Mondok was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Sunlake is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season. As for East Lake, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-2.
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