Softball Preview: Fort Bend Dulles Vikings vs. George Ranch Longhorns
Fort Bend Dulles is on a three-game streak of home wins, while George Ranch is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Fort Bend Dulles Vikings will take on the George Ranch Longhorns at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, Fort Bend Dulles got the win against Fort Bend Hightower by a conclusive 19-9. With that win, Fort Bend Dulles brought their scoring average up to 6.6 runs per game.
Maya Salinas and Gabriella Aguirre did most of the damage at the plate: Salinas went 3-for-5 with two triples, three runs, and three RBI, while Aguirre went 4-for-5 with three runs, three RBI, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Callie Collins, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, George Ranch put the finishing touches on their 16th blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Fort Bend Hightower a 15-0 shutout.
Fort Bend Dulles is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-13 record this season. As for George Ranch, their victory bumped their record up to 21-5.
Fort Bend Dulles couldn't quite finish off George Ranch in their previous matchup back in March and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of George Ranch's Zaria Turner, who struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. Now that Fort Bend Dulles knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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