Softball Game Preview: Three Rivers Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 4:10am

Softball Preview: Three Rivers Wildcats vs. Sturgis Trojans

Three Rivers is 9-1 against Sturgis since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Three Rivers Wildcats will be playing at home against the Sturgis Trojans at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Three Rivers has four straight wins, Sturgis has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

If Three Rivers beats Sturgis with five runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Three Rivers skirted past Escanaba 5-4.

Meanwhile, Sturgis scored the most runs they've had all season on Wednesday, but it wasn't enough. They lost 18-4 to Mendon. That's two games in a row now that Sturgis has lost by exactly 14 runs.

Three Rivers' victory bumped their record up to 6-1-1. As for Sturgis, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.

Three Rivers took their win against Sturgis in their previous meeting back in May of 2021 by a conclusive 19-4. Will Three Rivers repeat their success, or does Sturgis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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