The Bennett Tigers will challenge the Erie Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Bennett has struggled recently with six losses in a row, while Erie will arrive with four straight victories.
Bennett will head into Thursday's matchup ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Tuesday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Thursday was a bit more commanding. They lost 21-1 to Arvada.
Bennett saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Colby Robichaud, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Erie never let their opponents score on Thursday. Everything went their way against Legacy as Erie made off with an 18-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won five games by ten runs or more so far this season.
Teleena Willert looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Erie got a massive performance out of Lizzie Owens, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Lyric DeLozier, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Erie always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .618. That's a new trend for them: their average OBP was 34.8% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 51.8%.
Bennett's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Erie, the victory also got them back to even at 6-6.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Friday. Bennett hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Erie struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.5. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other softball content.
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