Softball Preview: Eatonville Cruisers vs. Hoquiam Grizzlies
The Eatonville Cruisers will head out on the road to challenge the Hoquiam Grizzlies at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The pair are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Eatonville is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by an 18-6 margin over Rainier on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Hoquiam never got on the board in their matchup on Saturday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Eatonville last Monday. Everything went their way against the Cruisers as they made off with a 19-7 victory. That looming 19-7 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Hoquiam yet this season.
Chloey Deitrick and Avery Templer did most of the damage at the plate: Deitrick scored five runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-5, while Templer scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Mya Standstipher was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-5.
Eatonville's win ended a nine-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-4. As for Hoquiam, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-7.
Eatonville suffered a grim 19-7 defeat to Hoquiam when the teams last played on Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hoquiam's Kayte Sauer, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Eatonville 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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