Carlisle County is on a four-game streak of home losses, and Calloway County an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Monday. The Carlisle County Comets will welcome the Calloway County Lakers at 6:00 p.m. Carlisle County has given up an average of 10.3 runs per game this season, but Monday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Carlisle County fell victim to Webster County and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They came up short against the Trojans, falling 15-0.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Calloway County). They came out on top against Murray on Tuesday by a score of 11-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Lakers considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Hailee Jones was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Jones was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Those two RBI gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Laynee Houk and Lyla Ward did most of the damage at the plate: Houk went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles, while Ward got on base in all four of her plate appearances with three runs, two doubles, and one stolen base. Those three runs gave Ward a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaylee McLeod, who went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI.
Calloway County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Calloway County's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-20. As for Carlisle County, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-12.
Carlisle County took their win against Calloway County when the teams last played last Friday by a conclusive 17-8 score. Do the Comets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lakers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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