Softball Game Preview: Ryle on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 2:24am

Softball Preview: Ryle Raiders vs. Pendleton County Wildcats

The Ryle Raiders have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Pendleton County Wildcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Ryle is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season.

Ryle fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Campbell County on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 7-3 to the Camels. Ryle has not had much luck with Campbell County recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

Ryle saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madison Goddard, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Goddard has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances.

Meanwhile, Pendleton County had to endure a six-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They never let Bourbon County onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory last Thursday.

Ryle's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-12. As for Pendleton County, their win bumped their record up to 8-13.

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