Softball Preview: Evergreen Vikings vs. Montpelier Locomotives
The Evergreen Vikings will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Montpelier Locomotives at 5:00 p.m. Evergreen is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
On Friday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Evergreen had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Archbold.
Macy Chamberlin made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all four of her plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Montpelier sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Genoa Area on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Montpelier.
Madelyn Hopper spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in ten consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Montpelier's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jada Uribes, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Evergreen's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Montpelier, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Monday. Evergreen hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.2 home runs per game. However, it's not like Montpelier struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Evergreen skirted past Montpelier 3-1 when the teams last played last Friday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hopper, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Evergreen still be able to contain Hopper? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
