Archbishop McCarthy is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Gainesville is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks will take on the Gainesville Hurricanes at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Archbishop McCarthy: 2.7, Gainesville: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Archbishop McCarthy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Pembroke Pines Charter as Archbishop McCarthy made off with a 12-4 win. Considering Archbishop McCarthy has won seven matches by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sienna Garcia made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing seven innings while giving up four earned runs off six hits. Garcia has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Garcia was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Archbishop McCarthy got a massive performance out of Chantale Guillou, who scored three runs while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Cheyanne Chaffin, who scored a run while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Gainesville owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Gulf Breeze.
Like Archbishop McCarthy, Gainesville also got a great game from a two-way player: Leanna Bourdage. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Bourdage was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Bourdage wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was McKenna O?Sullivan, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Archbishop McCarthy is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Gainesville, their win bumped their record up to 23-4.
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