Softball Preview: Charlotte Fightin' Tarpons vs. Evangelical Christian Sentinels
The Charlotte Fightin' Tarpons will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Evangelical Christian Sentinels at 7:00 p.m. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Charlotte waltzed into their game on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Tritons a 7-0 shutout.
Mia Flores and Dava Hoffer made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Flores pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (she also didn't allow any walks). Meanwhile, Hoffer kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Flores has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up a single walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Flores scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Hoffer went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Addi Recker, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Evangelical Christian stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard two weeks ago. They put the hurt on Bonita Springs with a sharp 10-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Evangelical Christian.
Not much got past Zoe Yzaguirre, who gave up just three hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep Bonita Springs off the board.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kylie Shaw, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Makayla Jakubuwski, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Charlotte's victory bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Evangelical Christian, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
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