Softball Preview: Montgomery County Wildcats vs. Wellsville-Middletown Tigers
Montgomery County is 6-0 against Wellsville-Middletown since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Montgomery County Wildcats will welcome the Wellsville-Middletown Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Wellsville-Middletown took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Montgomery County, who comes in off a win.
On Monday, Montgomery County made easy work of Warrenton and carried off a 15-5 victory. Considering the Wildcats have won eight matches by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Reese Hill made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk). With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.4 strikeouts per game. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Montgomery County got a massive performance out of Skylar Bethmann, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jillian Weekley, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Montgomery County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .600. That's a new trend for them: their average batting average was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 36%.
Meanwhile, Wellsville-Middletown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 18-2 to Mark Twain, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Montgomery County's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-6. As for Wellsville-Middletown, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Montgomery County took their victory against Wellsville-Middletown when the teams last played back in September of 2021 by a conclusive 18-0. Will Montgomery County repeat their success, or does Wellsville-Middletown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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