Central Catholic put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past the East Union Lancers 14-4. The victory was nothing new for Central Catholic as they're now sitting on five straight.
Amaya Gustavis looked comfortable as she tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Central Catholic got a massive performance out of Samantha Nichols, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Another player making a difference was Taryn Calderon, who got on base in three of her five plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
On East Union's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mikayla Simpson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Caliyah Lopez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Central Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for East Union, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-9.
Central Catholic will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Sierra at 4:00 p.m. Central Catholic will be looking to keep their 14-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for East Union, they will head out on the road to square off against Kimball at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kimball is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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