Softball Preview: Heritage Coyotes vs. Walnut Grove Wildcats
The Heritage Coyotes will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Walnut Grove Wildcats at 7:15 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Heritage has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Walnut Grove will arrive with 25 straight victories.
Last Friday, Heritage came up short against Emerson and fell 9-6.
Meanwhile, Walnut Grove stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Independence a 10-0 shutout.
Jeslyn Burghardt tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over 5.1 innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Elizabeth "EB" Bobbitt, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Camila Spriggs, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Heritage's loss dropped their record down to 9-11-3. As for Walnut Grove, their win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 28-2.
Heritage suffered a grim 13-3 defeat to Walnut Grove in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Walnut Grove's Lyndsey Hooker, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Now that Heritage knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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