Softball Preview: Notre Dame Spirits vs. Monterey Dores
The Notre Dame Spirits will head out on the road to take on the Monterey Dores at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Notre Dame's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Monterey's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Monday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Notre Dame had to settle for a 5-4 loss against Everett Alvarez. Notre Dame has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Monterey won against Notre Dame on Thursday with two runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Monday. Monterey's pitcher stepped up to hand Salinas a 2-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Monterey.
The result came thanks to Ella Myers's shutout, as she gave up just four hits and racked up 11 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Monterey's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Laila Grijalva, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Notre Dame's defeat dropped their record down to 16-9. As for Monterey, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season.
Notre Dame couldn't quite finish off Monterey when the teams last played on Thursday and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Myers, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over ten innings pitched. Now that Notre Dame 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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