Softball Preview: Locust Grove Wildcats vs. McDonough Warhawks
Locust Grove has been away from home for seven games now, but on Tuesday they'll finally make their return. They will host the McDonough Warhawks at 5:30 p.m.
Locust Grove is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Union Grove on Thursday. They came up short against the Wolverines, falling 14-2. The Wildcats have struggled against the Wolverines recently, as their match on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, McDonough didn't have done well against Woodland recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. McDonough came out on top against Woodland by a score of 12-8. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warhawks.
Kylei Buffington and NyAsia Starks did most of the damage at the plate: Buffington scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances, while Starks scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Buffington has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaida Flynt, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, McDonough always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 50.1%.
Locust Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 6-6. As for McDonough, their victory bumped their record up to 2-9.
Everything went Locust Grove's way against McDonough when the teams last played back in August of 2015 as Locust Grove made off with a 16-0 win. Does Locust Grove have another victory up their sleeve, or will McDonough turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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