Softball Preview: Fort Zumwalt East Lions vs. Incarnate Word Academy Red Knights
The Fort Zumwalt East Lions will take on the Incarnate Word Academy Red Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fort Zumwalt East's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Ladue Horton Watkins 11-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
Meanwhile, Incarnate Word Academy waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Pirates.
The team relied heavily on Lauryn Walker, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen two or more in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Erin Meriwether, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Incarnate Word Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 17 strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now tossed at least ten strikeouts in four consecutive matchups.
Fort Zumwalt East now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Incarnate Word Academy, they pushed their record up to 16-9 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
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