Softball Preview: Galena Pirates vs. River Ridge/Scales Mound Wildcats
Galena and River Ridge/Scales Mound are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2018, but likely not for long. The Galena Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the River Ridge/Scales Mound Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Galena will be strutting in after a win while River Ridge/Scales Mound will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, Galena earned a 6-1 victory over West Carroll. The win made it back-to-back victories for Galena.
Not much got past Ava Hahn, who gave up just zero hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep West Carroll off the board. Hahn has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Brooke Dittmar, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, sadly, River Ridge/Scales Mound is still looking for their first win of the season after eight contests. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-3 walloping at the hands of Eastland on Wednesday. That's two games in a row now that River Ridge/Scales Mound has lost by exactly seven runs.
River Ridge/Scales Mound saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Laiken Haas, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Galena now has a winning record of 5-4. As for River Ridge/Scales Mound, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Galena skirted past River Ridge/Scales Mound 8-6 when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Does Galena have another victory up their sleeve, or will River Ridge/Scales Mound turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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