Softball Game Preview: Round Rock Dragons vs. Hutto Hippos

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Previous 5 Games

04/13/22 - Away	11-0 W
03/14/22 - Home	12-0 W
04/09/21 - Home	10-5 W
03/09/21 - Away	2-0 W
03/09/21 - Away	2-0 W

Round Rock is a perfect 5-0 against Hutto since March of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Round Rock Dragons will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hutto Hippos at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Round Rock has four straight wins, Hutto has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Round Rock proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by ten) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 victory over Vista Ridge. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Dragons have posted since March 22, 2024.

Meanwhile, Hutto lost 12-2 to Lake Belton on Tuesday.

Hutto saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaelyn Price, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. That run marked the first that Price scored this season.

Round Rock's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs over those games. As for Hutto, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.

Everything went Round Rock's way against Hutto in their previous meeting back in April of 2022, as Round Rock made off with an 11-0 win. Does Round Rock have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hutto turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.