West Greene is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Carmichaels is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The West Greene Pioneers will take on the Carmichaels Mighty Mikes at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. West Greene is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.
West Greene will head into Thursday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They lost 14-4 to Chartiers-Houston. West Greene has not had much luck with Chartiers-Houston recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
West Greene saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kendra Tharp, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Carmichaels beat Jefferson-Morgan 5-2 on Saturday.
Bailey Barnyak spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on five hits and racked up 12 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
West Greene's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Carmichaels, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
West Greene came up short against Carmichaels when the teams last played on Tuesday, falling 7-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Barnyak, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Now that West Greene knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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