The Carlinville Cavaliers will head out on the road to take on the Southwestern Piasa Birds at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The last four games Carlinville has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
On Monday, it was a hard-fought match, but Carlinville had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Staunton.
Braley Wiser was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Southwestern can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Greenville as Southwestern made off with an 11-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Southwestern.
Grace Strohbeck spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and three unearned) runs on 11 hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Southwestern let Sydney Valdes and Abby McDonald loose on the outfield. Valdes scored two runs while going 1-for-3, while McDonald scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Vivian Zurheide, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Carlinville's loss dropped their record down to 18-6-1. As for Southwestern, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-10-1 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Carlinville hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.7 home runs per game. However, it's not like Southwestern struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Carlinville took their victory against Southwestern in their previous meeting on Tuesday by a conclusive 11-2. Will Carlinville repeat their success, or does Southwestern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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