There's no place like home for Trinity Christian, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Fayette County Tigers a 10-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by six runs or more this season.
Cacie Cutright and Kaylee Croft made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Cutright didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Meanwhile, Croft pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Cutright has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Cutright scored a run while going 1-for-2, while Croft scored a run while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Makayla Callander was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Avery Lucchesi, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Trinity Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. The last time their batting average was this high was back in August.
Trinity Christian's win bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Fayette County, they dropped their record down to 1-7 with that loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Trinity Christian will venture away from home to challenge LaGrange at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. LaGrange will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. As for Fayette County, they will face off against Mary Persons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mary Persons is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
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