Softball Preview: Lakeview Vikings vs. Blue River
The Lakeview Vikings will venture away from home to face off against Blue River on Thursday. Lakeview is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.
Lakeview will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Central City, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Lakeview sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over Central City on Tuesday. Five seems to be a good number for the Vikings as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Cali Bentz was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 13 batters over nine innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. She also put up a double, which washer first of the season.
Bentz wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Alyssa Taylor, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Lakeview didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're strikeout total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Blue River won against Logan View/Scribner-Snyder on Saturday with seven runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Blue River walked away with a 7-2 victory over Pierce. The win made it back-to-back victories for Blue River.
Lakeview is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Blue River, the win also got them back to even at 5-5.
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