Softball Preview: Valmeyer Pirates vs. Marissa/Coulterville Meteors
The Valmeyer Pirates will be playing at home against the Marissa/Coulterville Meteors at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Valmeyer's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Marissa/Coulterville's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Valmeyer is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Waterloo just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Marissa/Coulterville gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They blew past New Athens 17-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Marissa/Coulterville.
Valmeyer's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4. As for Marissa/Coulterville, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Valmeyer came up short against Marissa/Coulterville in their previous meeting back in March, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Marissa/Coulterville's Molly Kane, who pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Valmeyer 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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