East Carter can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Elliott County Lions a 7-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but East Carter sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Payton Rice made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over seven innings pitched. Rice was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Lydia Combs and Adriana Cordle did most of the damage at the plate: Combs scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Cordle scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of her four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Shelby Felty, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
On Elliott County's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hanah McDaniel, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
East Carter is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Elliott County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-6.
East Carter will head out on the road to square off against Lewis County at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. East Carter is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road dating back to last season. As for Elliott County, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 12-5 loss vs. Mason County on the 19th.
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