Softball Preview: Westwood Wildcats vs. Brookwood Warriors
Westwood is 8-2 against Brookwood since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Westwood Wildcats will host the Brookwood Warriors at 4:00 p.m. Westwood is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season.
Westwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Brookwood 14-2 on Monday. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Bentley Palmer made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over four innings pitched. Palmer was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Westwood let Payton Sherman and Mattie Gray loose on the outfield. Sherman scored a run while going 3-for-3, while Gray scored three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Stewart, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Westwood kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now hit at least nine hits in five consecutive games.
Westwood's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-2. As for Brookwood, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
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