Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Cobb Christian). Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Darlington Tigers a 23-0 shutout on Friday. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Faith Sonnenberg and Courtney Fletcher made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Sonnenberg tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Fletcher pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, she also racked up four strikeouts, the mostshe's had since back in August of 2023. At bat, Sonnenberg scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Fletcher scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, North Cobb Christian let Ellie Mitchell and Peyton Tamborra loose on the outfield. Mitchell scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances, while Tamborra went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. The dominant performance also gave Tamborra a new career-high in hits. Caroline Stinson was another key player, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Cobb Christian kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
North Cobb Christian is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 14-12 record this season. As for Darlington, their defeat was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-24.
As of now, neither North Cobb Christian nor Darlington have any future games scheduled.
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