Softball Game Preview: Berkeley Yellowjackets vs. Cloverdale Eagles

By Team Reports May 18, 2025, 10:10pm

Softball Preview: Berkeley Yellowjackets vs. Cloverdale Eagles

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The Berkeley Yellowjackets will head out to square off against the Cloverdale Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Berkeley is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Arroyo just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Dons by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 18 runs in the game before, the Yellowjackets couldn't push the score so high this time.

Olive Lightfoot

Batters Struck Out

05/14/25 vs Arroyo10
05/09/25 @ San Leandro9
05/07/25 @ Mt. Eden8
05/02/25 @ Arroyo10
04/30/25 vs Bishop O'Dowd7

Olive Lightfoot spent all 7.2 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up ten Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Berkeley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mia Kaufman, who went 1-for-4 with one run and one double.

Meanwhile, Cloverdale waltzed into their match on Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They put the hurt on the Greyhounds with a sharp 9-2 win. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by exactly seven runs.

Camryn Bird made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Bird was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of her five plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.

In other batting news, Cloverdale let Emerson Reasoner and Camryn Donahoo run wild. Reasoner went 3-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double, while Donahoo went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Lexie Hernandez, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.

Cloverdale pushed their record up to 21-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Berkeley, their loss dropped their record down to 10-15.

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