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By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 7:05am

Softball Preview: Orange Lions vs. Beachwood Bison

Orange is 0-9 against Beachwood since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Orange Lions will head out on the road to take on the Beachwood Bison at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Orange lost 18-1 to West Geauga on Thursday. Orange has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Beachwood's offense. They lost 19-0 to West Geauga on Monday. Having soared to a lofty 16 runs in the game before, Beachwood's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.

Orange's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Beachwood, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-2.

Orange might still be hurting after the 18-8 loss they got from Beachwood when the teams last played on April 15th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Beachwood's Arianna Preston, who tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and six unearned) runs off eight hits. Now that Orange 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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