Casey-Westfield waltzed into their contest in their second game on Saturday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They put the hurt on the Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinals with a sharp 16-2 win. Considering Casey-Westfield has won ten games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Ava Goble made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). Goble was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.
In other batting news, Tristan Ring was a standout: she scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Kam Smith, who went 1-for-3 with five RBI, two runs, and a double.
On Norris City-Omaha-Enfield's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Avery Black, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Casey-Westfield's victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-1. As for Norris City-Omaha-Enfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.
Casey-Westfield will head out on the road to challenge Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Casey-Westfield: 2.1, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Norris City-Omaha-Enfield, they will head out on the road to take on Webber at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Norris City-Omaha-Enfield is facing Webber at the right time seeing as Webber is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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