Carroll is a perfect 10-0 against King since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. Carroll will head out to square off against King at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Carroll has five straight victories, King has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Carroll barely beat Gregory-Portland the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Carroll blew past Gregory-Portland 10-3 on Saturday. Considering the Tigers have won 13 matches by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
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Kaeleigh Mendez and Talina Valdez did most of the damage at the plate: Mendez scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Valdez scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Mendez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ameris Garcia, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.
They weren't the only ones working in the hit department: Carroll kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, King lost 19-1 to Gregory-Portland last Saturday.
Carroll's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-2. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for King, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-13.
Everything went Carroll's way against King in their previous meeting on March 4th, as Carroll made off with an 11-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carroll since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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