Softball Game Preview: Western Reserve on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 8:11am

Softball Preview: Western Reserve Roughriders vs. Plymouth Big Red

Western Reserve is 1-6 against Plymouth since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Western Reserve Roughriders will be playing at home against the Plymouth Big Red at 5:00 p.m.

Western Reserve is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Plymouth 9-1.

Layken Barnhart made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. Barnhart was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.

In other batting news, Makayla Case was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Storm Gregor, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Western Reserve's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-15. As for Plymouth, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-17.

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