The Charity Christian Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Forsyth Home Educators Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Charity Christian beats Forsyth Home Educators with 15 runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Everything went Charity Christian's way against Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy on Thursday as Charity Christian made off with a 15-5 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Charity Christian.
Bella Reid and Molly Carpenter did most of the damage at the plate: Reid went 3-for-3 with three runs, four RBI, and two doubles, while Carpenter went 3-for-4 with five RBI, two doubles, and a run. Carpenter has been hot recently, having posted three or more hits the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ally Oquinn, who scored four runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Forsyth Home Educators had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 15-5 margin over the Patriots.
Abigail Smith was a major factor no matter where she played. She struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Smith was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-5 with four runs, a triple, and a double.
In other batting news, Ella Beaver was incredible, going 4-for-5 with three runs, four RBI, and a stolen base. Rachel Petusky was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Charity Christian's record now sits at 7-1. As for Forsyth Home Educators, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-7 record this season.
Charity Christian might still be hurting after the 12-0 loss they got from Forsyth Home Educators in their previous meeting on Friday. Can Charity Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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