Softball Preview: Vintage Crushers vs. Casa Grande Gauchos
Vintage is 8-2 against Casa Grande since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Vintage Crushers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Casa Grande Gauchos at 4:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Vintage: 2.1, Casa Grande: 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Vintage's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Napa by a score of 4-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Vintage.
Malina Viruet was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Viruet was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
In other batting news, Taylor Lauritsen was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Casa Grande stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Justin-Siena with a sharp 17-0 victory. The win was nothing new for Casa Grande as they're now sitting on nine straight.
Vintage pushed their record up to 13-3-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Casa Grande, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2 record this season.
Vintage skirted past Casa Grande 4-3 when the teams last played on April 3rd. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Casa Grande's Lila Partridge, who struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Vintage still be able to contain Partridge? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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