Softball Preview: Queen's Grant Stallions vs. Piedmont Community Charter Patriots
The Queen's Grant Stallions will be playing in front of their home fans against the Piedmont Community Charter Patriots at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Queen's Grant is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Wednesday, just like they did against Sugar Creek (and have done all season long). Queen's Grant's pitchers stepped up to hand Sugar Creek a 15-0 shutout on Friday. The win was familiar territory for Queen's Grant who now have three in a row.
Addi Benton made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Benton has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Benton was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Queen's Grant let Melissa Detweiler and Alyssa Steele loose on the outfield. Detweiler scored three runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances, while Steele scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Harmony Hernandez, who scored a run while getting on base in all two of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Piedmont Community Charter, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. Everything went their way against Sugar Creek on Monday as Piedmont Community Charter made off with a 7-0 victory.
Queen's Grant's win bumped their record up to 16-3. As for Piedmont Community Charter, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-7 record this season.
Everything went Queen's Grant's way against Piedmont Community Charter in their previous meeting on April 8th as Queen's Grant made off with a 15-0 victory. Does Queen's Grant have another victory up their sleeve, or will Piedmont Community Charter turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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