The Carlinville Cavaliers will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Southwestern Piasa Birds at 4:30 p.m. Carlinville is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
Carlinville stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They put the hurt on Litchfield with a sharp 8-1 win.
Hallie Gibson made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Gibson has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Gibson was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Addison Ruyle was incredible, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two runs. Hannah Gibson was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Southwestern was a bit more limited in their game on Tuesday. They fell victim to a rough 9-2 defeat at the hands of Gillespie. Southwestern has not had much luck with Gillespie recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Abby McDonald was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Vivian Zurheide, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Carlinville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Southwestern, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Carlinville hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1 home runs per game. However, it's not like Southwestern struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Carlinville came up short against Southwestern when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 10-7. Can Carlinville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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