Softball Preview: Rock Island Rocks vs. Brimfield Indians
Rock Island has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Brimfield Indians at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Rock Island will head into Thursday's match on the come-up: they were handed a two-run loss in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Quincy on Thursday. Rock Island blew past Quincy 8-2. With that win, Rock Island brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
A'Rion Lonergan was incredible, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Mallory Hudnall was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Brimfield never let their opponents score on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Macomb as Brimfield made off with a 14-0 victory.
Brooke Sumner was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over 4.2 innings pitched. Sumner was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Kendyl Binder was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Kylee Vaughn, who scored two runs while going 4-for-4.
Rock Island's win bumped their record up to 12-9. As for Brimfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season.
Rock Island came out on top in a nail-biter against Brimfield when the teams last played back in May of 2022, sneaking past 7-6. Will Rock Island repeat their success, or does Brimfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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