Softball Preview: Maple Grove Crimson vs. Blaine Bengals
The Maple Grove Crimson will be playing at home against the Blaine Bengals at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Maple Grove lost 13-4 to Mankato East on Wednesday. Maple Grove has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Blaine had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Monday. They never let the Warriors onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. That's two games straight that Blaine has won by exactly three runs.
Not much got past Emmie Sylvia-Cochran, who gave up just two hits and racked up 16 Ks to keep Brainerd off the board. Sylvia-cochran has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Blaine saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emily Vogel, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Maple Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Blaine, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Maple Grove came out on top in a nail-biter against Blaine in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, sneaking past 2-0. Will Maple Grove repeat their success, or does Blaine have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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