Softball Preview: Collinsville Pirates vs. Nocona Indians
Collinsville is 4-0 against Nocona since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Collinsville Pirates will look to defend their home field against the Nocona Indians at 5:00 p.m. Collinsville is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season.
Collinsville put the finishing touches on their 13th blowout victory of the season on Friday. They blew past Alvord 13-1. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Collinsville considering their one-run performance the game before.
Shelby Derzapf made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Derzapf was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Audrey Miller was a standout: she scored four runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-4. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Devyn Elvington, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Nocona unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell victim to a rough 12-1 loss at the hands of Lindsay. Nocona was red-hot at the plate headed into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matchups prior) but Lindsay's pitchers proved too tough.
Collinsville pushed their record up to 16-9-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 1-10 Alvord and 2-7 Nocona (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 31.5% over those games). As for Nocona, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-9.
Collinsville took their victory against Nocona when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 16-5. Will Collinsville repeat their success, or does Nocona have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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