Softball Preview: Garces Memorial Rams vs. Frontier Titans
Garces Memorial is 1-9 against Frontier since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Garces Memorial Rams will head out on the road to face off against the Frontier Titans at 4:00 p.m. The last four games Garces Memorial has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
The matchup between Garces Memorial and Liberty on Thursday hardly resembled the 2-1 effort from their previous meeting. Garces Memorial fell just short of Liberty by a score of 10-9. That's two games in a row now that Garces Memorial has lost by just one run.
Emme Roberts was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaylynn Killion, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Frontier had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it ten on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Wolf Pack as they made off with an 8-1 victory. Frontier might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight games by seven runs or more this season.
Baden Conley made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). Conley has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Conley was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Ryleigh Garcia was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Emma Parnell was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Garces Memorial's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Frontier, they pushed their record up to 14-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Garces Memorial might still be hurting after the 13-0 defeat they got from Frontier when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Frontier's Taylor Sloss, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Now that Garces Memorial 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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