Softball Game Preview: West Stokes Wildcats vs. Starmount Rams

The West Stokes Wildcats will head out to challenge the Starmount Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in West Stokes' favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last four matches.

If West Stokes beats Starmount with ten runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Wildcats didn't even let Walkertown on the board on Thursday, marking the Wildcats' second-straight 10-0 shutout. The Wildcats' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last four games.

Meanwhile, after soaring to 17 runs the game before, Starmount was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They came up short against East Wilkes, falling 10-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Rams in their meetings with the Cardinals: they've now lost six in a row.

West Stokes pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Starmount, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.