Softball Recap: Ellington Knights vs. Brookfield Bobcats
Ellington had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They never let the Brookfield Bobcats onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. This was payback for Ellington, who suffered a 6-2 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Not much got past Camryn Fisher, who gave up just one hit and racked up 17 Ks to keep Brookfield off the board. Fisher has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts every time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Sara Gilbert, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Ellington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Brookfield, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3.
Ellington will head out on the road to square off against Bolton at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Brookfield, they will be playing at home against Newtown at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Brookfield: 1.9, Newtown: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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