The Bellevue Redmen will take on the Columbian Tornadoes at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams were dealt some close losses in their previous games and are determined not to let this one get away.
Bellevue easily dispatched Old Fort on Saturday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Redmen fell just short of Huron by a score of 8-6 on Tuesday.
Mallory Hay was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Those zero hits allowed gave her a new career-low. She was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. Those doubles marked the first that she has hit this season.
Hay wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ariana Holzhauer, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. That double was Holzhauer's first of the season. Another was Taylor Waldrup, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, Columbian was a bit more limited in their contest on Saturday. They fell just short of Hopewell-Loudon by a score of 3-1. The Tornadoes haven't had much luck with the Chieftains recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Columbian now has a losing record of 8-9. As for Bellevue, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost seven of their last eight matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-11 record this season.
Bellevue couldn't quite finish off Columbian in their previous meeting on April 11th and fell 2-0. Will the Redmen have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more softball content.
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