Softball Preview: Chardon Hilltoppers vs. Canfield Cardinals
The Chardon Hilltoppers will be playing at home against the Canfield Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Chardon is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Boardman 16-1. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Chardon with their most commanding win of the season.
Alexa Anderson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Anderson was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Grace Legan, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 4-for-5. McKenna Banville was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a double.
Meanwhile, Canfield had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it 13 on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Trojans a 10-0 shutout. Canfield's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three matches.
Chardon is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Canfield, their victory bumped their record up to 13-1.
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