The Gainesville Hurricanes are on the road again on Thursday to play the Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks at 12:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Gainesville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Gulf Breeze onto the board and left with a 3-0 win.
Leanna Bourdage made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Bourdage has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Bourdage was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Bourdage wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was McKenna O?Sullivan, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Archbishop McCarthy had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 12-4 margin over the Jaguars. Archbishop McCarthy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Like Gainesville, Archbishop McCarthy also got a great game from a two-way player: Sienna Garcia. She pitched seven innings while giving up four earned runs off six hits. Garcia was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Chantale Guillou was a standout: she scored three runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. Cheyanne Chaffin was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
Gainesville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Archbishop McCarthy, their record now sits at 16-5.
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