Softball Preview: Rocky Grove Orioles vs. Saegertown Panthers
Rocky Grove is 0-10 against Saegertown since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Rocky Grove Orioles will be playing at home against the Saegertown Panthers at 3:00 p.m. Saegertown took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Rocky Grove, who comes in off a win.
Rocky Grove is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Oil City 13-1. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Saegertown's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Cambridge Springs by a score of 1-0. The game marked the first time this year in which Saegertown was not able to get on the board.
Mikaila Obenrader spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up eight Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts every time she's pitched this season.
Rocky Grove is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Saegertown, their loss ended a ten-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-2.
Rocky Grove came up short against Saegertown in their previous matchup back in April, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Obenrader, who struck out 17 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that Rocky Grove 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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