Elizabeth's rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Thursday. They never let the Sand Creek Scorpions onto the board and left with a 13-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won nine contests by eight runs or more so far this season.
Faith Carlson made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Elizabeth got a massive performance out of Braelyn Allison, who went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and three RBI. The dominant performance also gave Allison a new career-high in hits. Allie Dey was another key player, going 1-for-1 with two runs, a triple, and a triple.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Elizabeth didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sand Creek only tossed two.
Elizabeth pushed their record up to 12-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Sand Creek, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-12 record this season.
Elizabeth will venture away from home to square off against Skyview at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Elizabeth is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.1 runs per game this season. As for Sand Creek, they will stay at home for another game and welcome The Classical Academy at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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