Softball Preview: Carlmont Scots vs. Burlingame Panthers
After three games on the road, Carlmont is heading back home. They will take on the Burlingame Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Carlmont is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, Carlmont needed a bit of extra time to put away Woodside. They had just enough and edged the Wildcats out 4-2.
Kathrine Fung was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over nine innings pitched. Fung has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. Fung was also solid in the batter's box, getting four hits from her four at bats.
In other batting news, Molly Brand was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-5. Another player making a difference was Bella Wilson, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Burlingame had to settle for a 7-5 loss against San Mateo on Tuesday. Burlingame has not had much luck with San Mateo recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Burlingame saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sienna Fuss, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
Carlmont is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-9-1 record this season. As for Burlingame, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Carlmont suffered a grim 14-4 defeat to Burlingame in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Burlingame's Kasey Lyons, who pitched six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Carlmont knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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