Softball Preview: Chamblee Bulldogs vs. Decatur Bulldogs
Chamblee is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Decatur is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Chamblee Bulldogs will face off against the Decatur Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Chamblee is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.3 runs per game this season.
Chamblee's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Lakeside 2-0. Two seems to be a good number for the Bulldogs as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The result came thanks to Gali Nelson's shutout, as she gave up just four hits and racked up ten Ks.
On the hitting side, Chamblee saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kate Sarago, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Chamblee didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lakeside only tossed four.
Meanwhile, everything went Decatur's way against Tri-Cities on Thursday as Decatur made off with a 16-1 win. Decatur might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Chamblee has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Decatur, their record is now 12-7.
Chamblee was able to grind out a solid victory over Decatur in their previous matchup back in August, winning 7-3. Will Chamblee repeat their success, or does Decatur have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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