In what's become a running theme this season, Carlin gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Mineral County Serpents with a sharp 20-1 win. While fans of Carlin might be used to big wins, the 19-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Danyel Micheli was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Micheli has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances. Micheli was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Carlin got a massive performance out of Kayona Christensen, who scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. Christensen has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last seven times she's played. Adian Adams was another key contributor, going 5-for-5 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
On Mineral County's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Olivia Moody, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Carlin has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Mineral County, their defeat was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-14.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Carlin beat Mineral County by a score of 16-1 later that day.
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