Rochester has won four straight games at home, while Carterville has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Rockets will welcome the Lions at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Rochester 3.2, Carterville 1.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Wednesday, Rochester made easy work of Peoria Notre Dame and carried off an 11-4 victory. The Rockets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by seven runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Carterville's rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's ninth consecutive shutout on Tuesday. They never let Pinckneyville get on the board and left with a 3-0 win. The Lions haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Not much got past Caidence Phillips, who gave up just three hits and racked up 17 Ks to keep Pinckneyville off the board. Phillips has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 16 consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Carterville's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Colbie Bennett, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one triple.
Rochester is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Carterville, their win bumped their record up to 21-2.
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