The Carmichaels Mighty Mikes will head out on the road to square off against the Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Carmichaels sitting on six straight wins and Chartiers-Houston on ten.
Carmichaels will head into Wednesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the seven-run they dealt Mapletown on Wednesday. Carmichaels' pitcher stepped up to hand Mapletown a 7-0 shutout.
Not much got past Bailey Barnyak, who gave up just one hit and racked up 14 Ks to keep Mapletown off the board. Barnyak has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Carys McConnell was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Kaitlyn Waggett, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Chartiers-Houston put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past California 7-0. Chartiers-Houston's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three matches.
Carmichaels is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. As for Chartiers-Houston, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-1.
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