Softball Preview: Worth County Tigers vs. Maryville Spoofhounds
On Monday Worth County will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Maryville Spoofhounds at 5:00 p.m.
Worth County might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 5-4 to Pattonsburg, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, everything went Maryville's way against St. Pius X on Thursday as Maryville made off with an 11-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spoofhounds.
Emma Sprague was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched seven innings while giving up four earned runs off nine hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs and a triple.
In other batting news, Maryville got a big performance out of Alyssa Cunningham, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Emma Aley, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Maryville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Worth County dropped their record down to 6-6 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Maryville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-14 record this season.
Worth County skirted past Maryville 4-3 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Worth County since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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