Softball Preview: Rock Bridge Bruins vs. Smith-Cotton Tigers
Rock Bridge has gone 7-0 against Smith-Cotton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Rock Bridge Bruins' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Smith-Cotton Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Rock Bridge knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Smith-Cotton likes a good challenge.
Rock Bridge's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Staley as Rock Bridge made off with a 15-0 victory. Considering the Bruins have won 11 contests by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Smith-Cotton's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Jefferson City on Monday. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Jays recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Rock Bridge is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season. As for Smith-Cotton, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-10.
Everything went Rock Bridge's way against Smith-Cotton in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Rock Bridge made off with an 11-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rock Bridge since the squad 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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