Softball Preview: Madison County Mountaineers vs. Strasburg Rams
The Madison County Mountaineers will head out on the road to take on the Strasburg Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Madison County's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Western Albemarle on Monday. They lost 10-0 to the Warriors. Madison County has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Strasburg narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Central Woodstock 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Strasburg.
Strasburg's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Hannah Merriner, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Madison County's loss dropped their record down to 4-14-1. As for Strasburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season.
Madison County suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to Strasburg in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Strasburg's Rylie Arnold, who struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that Madison County 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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