Softball Preview: Lewistown Indians vs. Bushnell-Prairie City Spartans
Lewistown is on a five-game streak of home losses, Bushnell-Prairie City a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Lewistown Indians will take on the Bushnell-Prairie City Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Lewistown is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 17-11 walloping at the hands of Astoria/VIT on Wednesday. Even if Lewistown couldn't come away with the victory, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
Miley Sours was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with five RBI, a triple, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Joley McLaughlin, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Even though they lost, Lewistown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .382. That's the best batting average they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Bushnell-Prairie City suffered a tough 28-5 loss at the hands of Abingdon/Avon on Friday.
Lewistown's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Bushnell-Prairie City, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Lewistown came up short against Bushnell-Prairie City in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 5-0. Thankfully for Lewistown, Janet Lentini (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over 6.2 innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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