Softball Preview: Monterey Trail Mustangs vs. Sheldon Huskies
Monterey Trail has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Sheldon Huskies at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Monterey Trail: 4, Sheldon: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Monterey Trail will head into Wednesday's match having proved themselves against McClatchy: Monterey Trail took a eight-run defeat the last time they faced off against McClatchy, but they managed to turn things around on Wednesday. Monterey Trail sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over McClatchy.
The team relied heavily on Aniyah Whipper, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
Meanwhile, Sheldon didn't have quite enough to beat Whitney on Friday and fell 2-1. Sheldon has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Monterey Trail is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season. As for Sheldon, their loss dropped their record down to 14-12.
Monterey Trail might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Sheldon when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sheldon's Micah Kennedy, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Now that Monterey Trail knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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