With a playoff game on the line, Carroll rose to the challenge on Friday. Everything went their way against the Fort Wayne Snider Panthers as they made off with a 14-1 win. Carroll might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 13 games by six runs or more this season.
Brady Long tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Conner Barkel and Jaxon Sparks did most of the damage at the plate: Barkel scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Sparks scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Zavier Edgar, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
On Fort Wayne Snider's side, Brandon Logan was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Carroll is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-9 record this season. As for Fort Wayne Snider, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-14 record this season.
Carroll will square off against Fort Wayne Northrop at 11:00 a.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Carroll: 3.4, Fort Wayne Northrop: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Fort Wayne Snider does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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