Charlotte Latin is 0-10 against Charlotte Christian since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Charlotte Latin Hawks will be playing at home against the Charlotte Christian Knights at 4:30 p.m. Charlotte Latin's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so Charlotte Christian's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Charlotte Latin headed into their last game having not scored more than two runs for four straight, but Charlotte Country Day School let them put that streak behind them. Charlotte Latin blew past Charlotte Country Day School 11-1. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Charlotte Latin's hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
Sydney Thune was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 14 over six innings pitched. Thune has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in ten consecutive pitching appearances. Thune was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Irie King was incredible, going 2-for-4 with four RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Caroline Coble, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Christian lost a heartbreaker to Cannon when they met back in May of 2023, and they left with a heavy heart again on Thursday. Charlotte Christian lost 16-0 to Cannon. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Charlotte Christian has not been shut out since back in March.
Charlotte Christian saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Stella Spang, who went 1-for-1 with a double.
Charlotte Latin's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-6. As for Charlotte Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 7-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Charlotte Latin has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 12.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Charlotte Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Charlotte Latin couldn't quite finish off Charlotte Christian in their previous meeting on April 10th and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Charlotte Christian's Morgan Banks, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that Charlotte Latin 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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