Carmi-White County entered their tilt with Crab Orchard with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They never let the Crab Orchard Trojans onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Saturday.
Audrey Upton was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Upton has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in 11 consecutive pitching appearances. Upton was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Upton wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Caroline Simmons, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Carmi-White County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. As for Crab Orchard, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 17-8.
Carmi-White County will square off against Marion at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Marion: 2.5, Carmi-White County: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Crab Orchard, they will head out on the road to challenge Century at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Crab Orchard is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season.
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