Zeeland East softball sweeps Holland
HOLLAND - The Zeeland East softball team defeated Holland 15-0 and 15-2 on Tuesday.
Katie Carlson shut down Holland, throwing a complete game shutout and leading the Chix to a 15-0 victory on Tuesday. Zeeland East secured the victory thanks to 12 runs in the first inning. The Chix big bats were led by Reese Gruppen, Carlson, Emme Meyering, Isa Valenzuela, Megan Kuzma and Gruppen, all driving in runs in the inning.
Zeeland East opened up scoring in the first inning, when Gruppen doubled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run. Carlson took the win on the mound for The Chix. She went four innings, allowing zero runs on two hits, striking out nine and walking zero. Zeeland East tallied eight hits in the game. Zeeland East didn't commit a single error in the field en route to their win.
In game two, Zeeland East earned a 15-2 victory.
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The Chix opened up the scoring in the first inning, scoring one run when Carlson tripled. Later on, the Chix put up four runs in the fifth inning. The inning was started with a walk by Jaiden Lee and then a home run by Meyering. Gruppen pitched Zeeland East to victory. The pitcher went five innings, allowing two runs on five hits, striking out five and walking zero.
The Chix hit two home runs in the game. Kuzma went for the long ball in the third inning to go along with Meyering's home run in the fifth. Zeeland East tallied nine hits in the contest. Meyering, Kuzma, Isa Valenzuela, and Carlson each collected multiple hits for The Chix.
With the two wins today, the Chix improve to 10-4 on the year.
This article originally appeared on The Holland Sentinel: Zeeland East softball sweeps Holland
