Softball Recap: Forrest Rockets vs. Community Vikings/Viqueens
Forrest had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They skirted past the Community Vikings/Viqueens 6-5. That's more bragging rights for Forrest, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
For Community's part, Annie Prince was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing seven innings while giving up five earned (and one unearned) runs off ten hits. Prince was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Alana Tate made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with a home run. Taylar Wessner was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a home run.
Forrest is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. As for Community, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-6.
Forrest is on the road again on Friday to play Coffee County Central at 7:00 p.m. Coffee County Central knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy run totals in its past four contests -- so hopefully Forrest likes a good challenge. As for Community, they will head out on the road to face off against Grundy County at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Community is facing Grundy County at the right time seeing as Grundy County is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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