Softball Preview: Warsaw Tigers vs. Northridge Raiders
Warsaw is 1-9 against Northridge since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Warsaw Tigers will be playing at home against the Northridge Raiders at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Warsaw will head into Wednesday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Monday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Wednesday was a bit more commanding. They lost 13-3 to NorthWood. Warsaw has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Warsaw saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kali Ousley, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double. Mia Rodriguez was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Northridge came up short against Wawasee on Wednesday and fell 6-3. Northridge has not had much luck with Wawasee recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Rielyn Goodwin was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played.
Warsaw's loss dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Northridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-11.
Warsaw suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to Northridge when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Northridge's Addi Knisley, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that Warsaw knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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