The Allatoona Buccaneers are taking a road trip to take on the Cartersville Hurricanes at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cartersville is hoping to do what Dalton couldn't last Monday: put an end to Allatoona's winning streak, which now stands at ten games. Allatoona's pitchers stepped up to hand Dalton a 10-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Cartersville had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They put the hurt on the Hornets with a sharp 11-2 win.
Jordan Bishop was a standout: she went 1-for-3 with a home run and three runs. What's more, she also racked up no strikeouts, the fewestshe's had since back in September. Kennedy Crenshaw was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cartersville didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Allatoona is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. As for Cartersville, they pushed their record up to 20-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Allatoona skirted past Cartersville 5-4 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Allatoona since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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