Softball Preview: West Liberty-Salem Tigers vs. Fairbanks Panthers
The West Liberty-Salem Tigers will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Fairbanks Panthers at 4:45 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fairbanks is hoping to do on Wednesday what Greeneview couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to West Liberty-Salem's winning streak, which now stands at three games. West Liberty-Salem never let Greeneview onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory.
Kennedy Wallace made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Wallace has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances. Wallace was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kaylee Blair, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Fairbanks stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Catholic Central as Fairbanks made off with a 20-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Fairbanks.
Anna Dulle and Jenna Dee did most of the damage at the plate: Dulle went 3-for-3 with four runs, three RBI, and a triple, while Dee went 3-for-3 with two triples, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Claire Meihls, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and a triple.
West Liberty-Salem's victory bumped their record up to 6-8. As for Fairbanks, their win bumped their record up to 15-2-1.
West Liberty-Salem might still be hurting after the 11-1 defeat they got from Fairbanks in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fairbanks' Macy Kise, who struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that West Liberty-Salem 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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