Softball Preview: Fairland Dragons vs. Huntington Highlanders
The Fairland Dragons will head out on the road to square off against the Huntington Highlanders at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fairland has three straight wins, Huntington has 11 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Fairland gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They beat Portsmouth by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1.
Kaylee Salyer was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk). Salyer has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Salyer was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Makena Black and Ally Shepherd did most of the damage at the plate: Black got on base in all four of her plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and two RBI, while Shepherd went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Hailey Sammons was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Huntington was a bit more limited in their matchup last Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 17-1 walloping at the hands of Spring Valley.
Fairland's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Huntington, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
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