Softball Preview: Pierce Bluejays vs. South Sioux City Cardinals
The Pierce Bluejays have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the South Sioux City Cardinals at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Pierce is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
Pierce will bounce into Saturday's game after beating Aquinas, who they hadn't topped in three consecutive meetings. Pierce sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-8 victory over Aquinas on Thursday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Bluejays considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Kylie Dvorak spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five earned (and three unearned) runs on nine hits.
On the hitting side, Evelyn Skrdla was a standout: she scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. What's more, she also racked up two hits, the mostshe's had since back in August. Another player making a difference was Aubrey Hanson, who went 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, South Sioux City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 15th straight loss. They lost 11-5 to Logan View/Scribner-Snyder.
South Sioux City saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aubrey Tranmer, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Izzie Tranmer, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, South Sioux City didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
The win snapped Pierce's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-12 record. As for South Sioux City, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-18.
Everything went Pierce's way against South Sioux City in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Pierce made off with a 14-1 victory. Will Pierce repeat their success, or does South Sioux City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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