Softball Preview: Spring Grove Lions vs. Lyle/Pacelli Athletics
Spring Grove is 4-0 against Lyle/Pacelli since May of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Spring Grove Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Lyle/Pacelli Athletics at 4:30 p.m. 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.
Spring Grove lost 8-1 to Houston on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for Spring Grove in their matchups with Houston: they've now lost five in a row.
Spring Grove saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sydney Holland, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Lyle/Pacelli was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their 13th straight loss. They lost 12-2 to Mabel-Canton.
Spring Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 4-14. As for Lyle/Pacelli, their loss dropped their record down to 1-17.
Everything went Spring Grove's way against Lyle/Pacelli in their previous meeting last Friday as Spring Grove made off with a 12-2 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Lyle/Pacelli's McKenzie Schaefer, who tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and ten unearned) runs off nine hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Spring Grove still be able to contain Schaefer? There's only one way to find out.
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