Softball Preview: Heritage Patriots vs. Homestead Spartans
After two games on the road, Heritage is heading back home. They will take on the Homestead Spartans at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Heritage is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, Heritage didn't have quite enough to beat Woodlan and fell 2-1.
Danica Fuller was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. She struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Fuller has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Fuller was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Fuller wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Grace Guenthner, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Homestead narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past DeKalb 4-3. That's two games straight that Homestead has won by just one run.
Heritage dropped their record down to 4-5 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Homestead, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-8.
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