Softball Preview: Gering Bulldogs vs. Alliance Bulldogs
After 15 games on the road, Gering is heading back home. They will welcome the Alliance Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Gering's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Saturday, when they got past Wayne's usually-dominant pitching crew. Everything went Gering's way against Wayne as Gering made off with a 15-6 win. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matchups by nine runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Gabby Moreno, who scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. She is also on a roll when it comes to home runs, as she's now launched at least one in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Jacelyn Brown, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Gering was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 51%.
Meanwhile, Alliance hadn't done well against Gothenburg recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Alliance never let Gothenburg onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Bulldogs considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Gering has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for Alliance, their win bumped their record up to 7-18.
Gering took their victory against Alliance when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 13-1. Does Gering have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alliance turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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