The Northwest Cabarrus Trojans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Carson Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Northwest Cabarrus will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Northwest Cabarrus stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand A.L. Brown a 13-0 shutout.
Haylee Ellis made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Ellis has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Ellis was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Isabella Ellis, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Molly Hatley was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Carson fell victim to East Rowan and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. Their tough 8-0 defeat to the Mustangs might stick with them for a while. Carson has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Caylee Snow spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and six unearned) runs on ten hits.
On the hitting side, Carson saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Celia Sifford, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Northwest Cabarrus has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Carson, their loss dropped their record down to 4-17.
Northwest Cabarrus came out on top in a nail-biter against Carson in their previous meeting on April 10th, sneaking past 1-0. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Snow, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Northwest Cabarrus still be able to contain Snow? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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