The Curwensville Golden Tide will be playing in front of their home fans against the Moshannon Valley Black Knights/Damsels at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Curwensville has three straight wins, Moshannon Valley has 13 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Curwensville is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Purchase Line (and have done all season long). Curwensville's pitcher stepped up to hand Purchase Line a 12-0 shutout on Monday.
Addison Siple made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Siple has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. Siple was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with four RBI, a triple, and a run.
In other batting news, Curwensville let Addison Warren and Addison Butler loose on the outfield. Warren scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Butler scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Butler has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Sydney Simcox, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Moshannon Valley fell victim to Claysburg-Kimmel and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They lost 10-0 to the Bulldogs.
Curwensville has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Moshannon Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
Curwensville took their victory against Moshannon Valley when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 9-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Moshannon Valley's Annabeth Anderson, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and six unearned) runs off ten hits (and only one walk). Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Curwensville still be able to contain Anderson? There's only one way to find out.
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