Softball Game Preview: West Blocton Tigers vs. Homewood Patriots

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Previous 3 Games

03/17/25 - Home	12-1 W
03/17/15 - Away	13-5 W
02/17/15 - Home	13-5 W

West Blocton has gone a perfect 3-0 against Homewood recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Tigers will challenge the Patriots at 5:00 p.m. West Blocton's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Homewood's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

On Friday, West Blocton didn't have quite enough to beat Northside and fell 4-3. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

West Blocton saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Koli Hobson, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, Homewood was not the first on the board last Wednesday, but they got there more often. Everything went their way against Briarwood Christian as they made off with a 10-1 win. Considering the Patriots have won eight games by more than eight runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Anne Hope Howell tossed a big game, striking out 13 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Madison Letson and Mia Gonzalez did most of the damage at the plate: Letson went 4-for-5 with four RBI and one run, while Gonzalez got on base in three of her four plate appearances with one home run and two runs. Those four hits gave Letson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Peighton Letson, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and one triple.

Homewood was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Briarwood Christian only posted a batting average of .120.

The victory made it two in a row for Homewood and bumps their season record up to 13-9-1. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for West Blocton, their loss dropped their record down to 13-8.

West Blocton took their victory against Homewood in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 12-1 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.