Softball Preview: Brush Beetdiggers vs. Strasburg Indians
The Brush Beetdiggers will challenge the Strasburg Indians at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Brush has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight defeats, while Strasburg will come in with nine straight victories.
On Thursday, Brush came up short against Resurrection Christian and fell 5-1.
Brush saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brisa Aguirre-Garcia, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. What's more, Aguirre-Garcia also racked up two hits, the mostshe's had since back in August.
Meanwhile, while Strasburg put up plenty of runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Valley. Everything went Strasburg's way against Valley as Strasburg made off with a 12-0 win. Considering the Indians have won 14 matchups by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past Kailey Rushman, who gave up just one hit and racked up 14 Ks to keep Valley off the board. Rushman has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Strasburg got a massive performance out of Madi Olsen, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, a stolen base, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Addi Kent, who scored two runs while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Strasburg hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They are 5-1 when they post two or more strikeouts.
Brush's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-11. As for Strasburg, they pushed their record up to 15-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Saturday's match will be a test for both team's pitchers. Brush hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of 0. However, it's not like Strasburg struggles in that department as they've averaged 0. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Brush suffered a grim 16-9 defeat to Strasburg when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Brush avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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