Softball Preview: Magnet Cove Panthers vs. Bauxite Miners
The Magnet Cove Panthers are on the road again on Friday to play the Bauxite Miners at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Magnet Cove narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Stuttgart 6-4. Six seems to be a good number for Magnet Cove as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Bauxite came tearing into Tuesday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Senators a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Bauxite, who have now won six matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Magnet Cove's victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-3. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.1 runs per game. As for Bauxite, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Magnet Cove might still be hurting after the 8-1 defeat they got from Bauxite in their previous meeting back in February. Can Magnet Cove avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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