Castle is ranked highly in their home state, and in their first game on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Carterville. The Castle Knights fell just short of the Carterville Lions by a score of 3-2. Castle has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Castle got a good showing from Giovanna (gigi) Lynch, who struck out six batters over four innings while giving up three earned runs off only two hits.
At the plate, Castle saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lydia Stowe, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
On Carterville's side, Caidence Phillips spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits and racked up 12 Ks. Phillips has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Colbie Bennett was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Castle's defeat dropped their record down to 9-3. As for Carterville, the victory was the 20th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-1.
Castle will be staying on the road in their second game on Saturday to face off against Apollo at 5:00 p.m. Castle's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Apollo's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Carterville, they will head out on the road to challenge Harrisburg at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Carterville is facing Harrisburg at the right time seeing as Harrisburg is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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