Softball Preview: Cannon County Lions vs. Watertown Purple Tigers
Cannon County is 0-10 against Watertown since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Cannon County Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Watertown Purple Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cannon County is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Grundy County a 22-0 shutout on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Kurstin Warrick was a standout: she went 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Raena Smith, who scored four runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Watertown came tearing into Thursday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with an 8-4 win over the Owls.
Cannon County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-9 record this season. As for Watertown, their victory bumped their record up to 11-5.
Cannon County suffered a grim 13-6 defeat to Watertown in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Watertown's Kayla McGuire, who went 1-for-1 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Now that Cannon County 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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