Carterville waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with 24 straight wins... but they left with 25. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Waltonville Spartans a 7-0 shutout. Considering Carterville has won 19 matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Amayah Doyle, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Kennedy Rushing, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Carterville pushed their record up to 25-1 with that victory, which was their 26th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Waltonville, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-8.
Carterville will head out on the road to take on Pinckneyville at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Carterville: 0.5, Pinckneyville: 3.3) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Waltonville, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Wayne City at 4:30 p.m. Waltonville is facing Wayne City at the right time seeing as Wayne City is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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