Mt. Carmel got themselves on the board against Evansville Central on Tuesday, but Evansville Central never followed suit. They put the hurt on the Bears with a sharp 17-0 victory. Considering the Golden Aces have won four matchups by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Evie Sellers made a splash no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (four). She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs.
Leah Lewis
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In other batting news, Riley Hershey and Leah Lewis did most of the damage at the plate: Hershey got on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run, five RBI, and three runs, while Lewis fired off two home runs and five RBI while going 2-for-3. Those two home runs gave Lewis a new career-high. Mattie Armstrong also deserves some recognition as she scored her first run of the season.
Mt. Carmel was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .520. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .318 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.
Mt. Carmel's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Evansville Central, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Coming up, Mt. Carmel will be playing in front of their home fans against Cisne at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Evansville Central, they will head out to take on South Spencer at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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