Softball Preview: Westwood Panthers vs. Palm Bay Pirates
Westwood is 0-4 against Palm Bay since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Westwood Panthers are on the road again to play the Palm Bay Pirates at 6:00 p.m. Neither Westwood nor Palm Bay posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Westwood fell victim to Moore Haven and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They suffered a rough 17-0 loss at the hands of the Terriers.
Meanwhile, Palm Bay was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 16-1 walloping at the hands of Bayside. That's two games in a row now that Palm Bay has lost by exactly 15 runs.
Westwood's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Palm Bay, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Westwood suffered a grim 17-7 defeat to Palm Bay when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Palm Bay's Alyssa Schneider, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and two doubles. Now that Westwood 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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