Softball Preview: Sandy Creek Patriots vs. Mary Persons Bulldogs
The Sandy Creek Patriots have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mary Persons Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Sandy Creek will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Sandy Creek finally turned things around against Fayette County on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Tigers a 4-0 shutout.
The result came thanks to Breana Hopkins's shutout, as she gave up just four hits and racked up 18 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Sandy Creek didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 18 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fayette County only tossed ten.
Meanwhile, Mary Persons earned a 3-0 win over Spalding on Monday.
Not much got past Olivia Woodgeard, who gave up just four hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep Spalding off the board.
At the plate, Mary Persons' victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Madi Nichols, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Sandy Creek's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-11. As for Mary Persons, their victory bumped their record up to 12-8.
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