Chartiers-Houston has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Carmichaels Mighty Mikes at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Chartiers-Houston: 0.8, Carmichaels: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Chartiers-Houston's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Jefferson-Morgan a 6-0 shutout. Chartiers-Houston might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Carmichaels had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over the Maples. Carmichaels' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three games.
Bailey Barnyak made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Barnyak has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. Barnyak was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Barnyak wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kaitlyn Waggett, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Chartiers-Houston's win was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.4 runs per game. As for Carmichaels, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
Chartiers-Houston came up short against Carmichaels when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 11-6. Can Chartiers-Houston avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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