Softball Preview: Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones vs. Lexington Minutemen
The Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones will be playing at home against the Lexington Minutemen at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Sacred Heart-Griffin is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Decatur Eisenhower a 24-0 shutout on Thursday. Winning may never get old, but Sacred Heart-Griffin sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Kenzie Wieland made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Wieland was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs.
In other batting news, Sacred Heart-Griffin got a massive performance out of Kendall Stotlar, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Lucy Wegner was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lexington, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Eureka on Wednesday and snuck past 10-8.
Sacred Heart-Griffin's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-8. As for Lexington, they pushed their record up to 12-13 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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