Softball Preview: Lamar Warriors vs. Booneville Bearcats
The Lamar Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the Booneville Bearcats at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Lamar had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They blew past the Rattlers 16-2.
Booneville never got on the board in their matchup on Tuesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Charleston on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 14-2 victory.
Lamar pushed their record up to 4-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.8 runs per game. As for Booneville, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Lamar came up short against Booneville when the teams last played back in March of 2022, falling 8-4. Can Lamar avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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