Softball Preview: Mount St. Charles Academy Mounties vs. Davies Career & Tech Patriots
The Mount St. Charles Academy Mounties will head out on the road to challenge the Davies Career & Tech Patriots at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Mount St. Charles Academy's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Cranston East on Wednesday. They lost 19-0 to the Thunderbolts. Mount St. Charles Academy's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Davies Career & Tech faced Cranston East in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Davies Career & Tech lost 9-1 to Cranston East. Davies Career & Tech has struggled against Cranston East recently, as their contest on Thursday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Gabriella Fisher spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered four earned (and five unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up ten Ks.
At the plate, Davies Career & Tech saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kylie Robert, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
Mount St. Charles Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6-1. As for Davies Career & Tech, their loss dropped their record down to 6-5.
Mount St. Charles Academy couldn't quite finish off Davies Career & Tech in their previous matchup back in April and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fisher, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Mount St. Charles Academy 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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