Softball Game Preview: Gardner Wildcats vs. West Boylston Lions

The Gardner Wildcats will face off against the West Boylston Lions at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Gardner is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.

Gardner will bounce into Monday's match after beating Narragansett Regional, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. The Wildcats came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 8-5 on Friday.

Meanwhile, after soaring to 14 runs the game before, West Boylston was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They fell just short of Maynard by a score of 3-1. The contest marked the Lions' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Gardner pushed their record up to 9-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for West Boylston, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 6-3.

Gardner skirted past West Boylston 5-3 in their previous meeting back in April. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lions turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.