Softball Preview: Silver Creek Dragons vs. Brownstown Central Braves
Silver Creek has been on the road for four straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Brownstown Central Braves at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Silver Creek is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
Silver Creek will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by seven) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Evansville North 6-4.
Not much got past Kennedy Caudill, who gave up just four hits to keep Evansville North off the board.
On the hitting side, Reese Decker was incredible, scoring a run and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Kaitlyn Whitlock was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Brownstown Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Columbus North by a score of 5-3.
Brownstown Central saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rylee May, who went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Silver Creek has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-5 record this season. As for Brownstown Central, they now have a losing record at 9-10.
Silver Creek skirted past Brownstown Central 2-1 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Silver Creek repeat their success, or does Brownstown Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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