Softball Preview: Hume Hornets vs. Lockwood Tigers
The Hume Hornets will be playing at home against the Lockwood Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Hume will head into Thursday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Greenfield back in March but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the ten-point defeat they were dealt back in March. Hume fell just short of Greenfield by a score of 7-5.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Lockwood's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-0 walloping at the hands of Stockton on Monday. Lockwood has struggled against Stockton recently, as their match on Monday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Kallie Griffin spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and nine unearned) runs on seven hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than six innings every time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, Lockwood saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grace Wilson, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base. Wilson is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: she's stolen at least one every time she's taken the field this season.
Hume's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Lockwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-9.
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