Softball Preview: Birch Run Panthers vs. Garber Dukes
Birch Run is 1-9 against Garber since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Birch Run Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Garber Dukes at 4:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Birch Run's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Alma out 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Birch Run.
Meanwhile, Garber won against Pinconning on Monday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Monday. Garber sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over Pinconning.
The team relied heavily on JJ Shooltz, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Ava Wagner was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Birch Run's victory bumped their record up to 6-9. As for Garber, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season.
Birch Run came up short against Garber when the teams last played on May 6th, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Garber's Kara Kotenko, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Birch Run 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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