Softball Preview: Shadle Park Highlanders vs. Clarkston Bantams
Shadle Park is 9-0 against Clarkston since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Shadle Park Highlanders will stay at home for another game and welcome the Clarkston Bantams at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
In Saturday's second game, Shadle Park never let their opponents score. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over Pullman. That's two games straight that Shadle Park has won by exactly ten runs.
Crimson Rice made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Rice has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances. Rice was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Madi Keon, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Laniya Mawdsley-Cabrera was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Clarkston entered their tilt with Rogers with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They blew past the Pirates 24-5. 24 seems to be a good number for Clarkston as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Shadle Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Clarkston, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Shadle Park skirted past Clarkston 2-0 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Shadle Park repeat their success, or does Clarkston have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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