The Gulliver Prep Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart Cyclones at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Gulliver Prep won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 25-13 walloping at the hands of Palmetto. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They took a 7-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Marathon. Having soared to a lofty 19 runs in the game before, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart couldn't push the score so high this time.
Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Camila Suarez, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Veronica Franzino was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances.
Gulliver Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-3.
Gulliver Prep might still be hurting after the 12-2 defeat they got from Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart's Madelyn Althage, who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits (and only one walk). Now that Gulliver Prep knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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