Softball Preview: Mercy Tigers vs. Foran Lions
After three games on the road, Mercy is heading back home. They will take on the Foran Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Mercy: 2.5, Foran: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mercy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: North Haven, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Mercy was ranked 15th). Mercy came out on top against North Haven by a score of 6-2 on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Foran suffered a rough 12-6 loss at the hands of Amity Regional on Wednesday. Foran has struggled against Amity Regional recently, as their game on Wednesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Foran saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maddie Deldin, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with a stolen base. Norah Bove was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
Mercy pushed their record up to 9-3 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Foran, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6.
Mercy came up short against Foran in their previous meeting on April 9th, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Foran's Abigail Corris, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off eight hits (and not a single walk). Now that Mercy 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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