The Chatfield Gophers will challenge the Byron Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Chatfield came up short against Caledonia and fell 6-1. The Gophers haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Byron had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They never let the Wildcats get on the board and left with a 16-0 win. Considering the Bears have won six games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Calleigh Barrone made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 12 over four innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two hits in seven consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one triple. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in RBI (two).
In other batting news, Tallie Behrens was incredible, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and one stolen base. Those four runs gave her a new career-high. Kaydence Fjerstad was another key player, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run.
Byron 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 .345 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Byron's victory bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Chatfield, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Chatfield suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Byron in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Will the Gophers have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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