After four games on the road, Ballard is heading back home. They will take on the Christian Academy-Louisville Centurions at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Ballard is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Saturday, just like they did against West Jessamine (and have done all season long). Ballard's pitcher stepped up to hand West Jessamine an 8-0 shutout on Friday.
Not much got past Rylee Carter, who gave up just one hit and racked up 12 Ks to keep West Jessamine off the board. Those 12 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for her.
On the hitting side, Mikayla Milby was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run and three runs. Kady Dennis was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a home run.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last game, Christian Academy-Louisville made sure to put some runs up on the board against Christian Educational Consortium on Thursday. Everything went Christian Academy-Louisville's way against Christian Educational Consortium as Christian Academy-Louisville made off with an 11-1 victory.
Makenzie King made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). King was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Allie Carter and Samantha Durston did most of the damage at the plate: Carter scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Durston scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ava Bindner, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Ballard pushed their record up to 19-4 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Christian Academy-Louisville, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-18 record this season.
Everything went Ballard's way against Christian Academy-Louisville in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Ballard made off with a 9-0 victory. Does Ballard have another victory up their sleeve, or will Christian Academy-Louisville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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