Softball Game Preview: Starks Panthers vs. Lacassine Cardinals

By Team Reports Apr 9, 2024, 4:56am

Softball Preview: Starks Panthers vs. Lacassine Cardinals

Starks is 0-7 against Lacassine since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Starks Panthers will be staying on the road to face off against the Lacassine Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

After soaring to 16 runs the game before, Starks was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They fell victim to a tough 9-1 defeat at the hands of Grand Lake.

Tayla Holloway was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.

Meanwhile, Lacassine came up short against Kinder on Friday and fell 6-3. Lacassine has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Taylor Talbott spent all seven innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and three unearned) runs on seven hits.

At the plate, Lacassine saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hanna Fontenot, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Starks' loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-5. As for Lacassine, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-6.

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