Softball Preview: Ellington Knights vs. Bolton Bulldogs
Ellington is 8-0 against Bolton since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Ellington Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Bolton Bulldogs at 3:45 p.m. Ellington is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Ellington's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They skirted past Brookfield 2-0.
Not much got past Camryn Fisher, who gave up just one hit and racked up 17 Ks to keep Brookfield off the board. Those 17 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for her.
On the hitting side, Sara Gilbert was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Bolton lost 10-1 to Rockville on Thursday. Bolton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Bolton saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alyssa Diehl, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Ellington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Bolton, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Ellington has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 13 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Bolton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Ellington took their win against Bolton when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 13-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ellington since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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