Softball Preview: Richlands Wildcats vs. Swansboro Pirates
The Richlands Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Swansboro Pirates at 6:30 p.m. Richlands is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.
Richlands stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They never let White Oak onto the board and left with a 16-0 win. Give Richlands' pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Addi Andrews was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Andrews was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Richlands got a massive performance out of Erin Thibault, who went 1-for-5 with a home run, six RBI, and two runs. Thibault has been hot recently, having posted at least one home run the last three times she's played. Megan Pittman was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Swansboro had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They won by a run and slipped past West Carteret 2-1.
Richlands has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Swansboro, their victory bumped their record up to 6-9.
Richlands took their win against Swansboro in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 12-1. Will Richlands repeat their success, or does Swansboro have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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