Softball Preview: Smoky Hill Buffaloes vs. Douglas County Huskies
Smoky Hill has gone 3-0 against Douglas County recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Smoky Hill Buffaloes will venture away from home to face off against the Douglas County Huskies at 3:30 p.m. Smoky Hill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight defeats, while Douglas County will come in with four straight victories.
Smoky Hill's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Regis Jesuit on Wednesday. They lost 13-0 to the Raiders.
Smoky Hill saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nikiah Light, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base.
While Douglas County didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Doherty a 15-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Huskies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by ten runs or more this season.
Carly Sachs made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Sachs was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. That home run marked the first that she's launched this season.
In other batting news, Grace Huber was incredible, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a double. Another player making a difference was Ayal Fulmer, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Douglas County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .343 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Smoky Hill's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Douglas County, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Smoky Hill was able to grind out a solid victory over Douglas County when the teams last played back in October of 2018, winning 9-6. Does Smoky Hill have another victory up their sleeve, or will Douglas County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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