Softball Game Preview: Darlington Leaves Home

By Team Reports Sep 4, 2024, 4:40am

Softball Preview: Darlington Tigers vs. Armuchee Indians

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Darlington is 2-8 against Armuchee since August of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Darlington Tigers will be staying on the road to face off against the Armuchee Indians at 5:00 p.m.

Darlington's hitters might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Bremen on Tuesday. They came up short against the Blue Devils, falling 15-0.

Armuchee never got on the board in their matchup on Thursday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Rome on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 22-3 margin over the Wolves. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won six matches by six runs or more so far this season.

Armuchee got a massive performance out of Emily Garrison, who went 3-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Tori Vitello, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Armuchee always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .595. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 0% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 45.6%.

Darlington's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Armuchee, the win also got them back to even at 8-8.

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