Softball Preview: Foresthill Wildfires vs. Woodland Christian Cardinals
Foresthill is 0-10 against Woodland Christian since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Foresthill Wildfires will be playing at home against the Woodland Christian Cardinals at 4:30 p.m.
Foresthill is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Buckingham Charter on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 3-1. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Foresthill has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Woodland Christian can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Encina Prep as Woodland Christian made off with a 20-1 win. While fans of Woodland Christian might be used to big wins, the 19-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Maggie Wurzel made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Wurzel was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-5 with five RBI, three doubles, and two runs.
In other batting news, Teagan Hayes was a standout: she scored three runs while going 2-for-2. Alexis Wiese was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 4-for-5.
Foresthill's loss dropped their record down to 8-3. As for Woodland Christian, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
Foresthill might still be hurting after the 12-3 defeat they got from Woodland Christian in their previous meeting on Wednesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Woodland Christian's Emily Garcia, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off nine hits. Now that Foresthill 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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