Softball Preview: Crystal River Pirates vs. Zephyrhills Bulldogs
The Crystal River Pirates will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Zephyrhills Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Crystal River will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Crystal River's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-0 win over Dunnellon.
Dunnellon's batters probably weren't too happy with Violet Flynn, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 19 Ks (she gave up two walks). Flynn has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in 22 consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Hannah Messer was excellent, going 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three matches, Zephyrhills finally came back down to earth on Wednesday. Their rough 10-2 loss to Pasco might stick with them for a while.
Zephyrhills saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Laila Woolfolk, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Savannah Warden, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Crystal River has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Zephyrhills, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-13.
Zephyrhills' hitters will have their work cut out for them on Friday. Crystal River has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 12.4 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Zephyrhills, though, as they've been averaging only 3.4. Will Crystal River keep running through batters, or will Zephyrhills buck the trend? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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