Taylor Murphy turns on a pitch during a regional contest against McQueen Tuesday. Murphy went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the elimination game win Thursday evening.
Photo by Carter Eckl.
Carson High softball didn't have any problems getting runs across the plate Thursday in a 13-3 win over McQueen in a regional elimination game.
The win pushes the Senators in the regional semifinals and a rematch with top seed, Spanish Springs.
The Cougars beat Carson, 3-0, Wednesday giving Spanish Springs an advantage in the semifinals.
With the double elimination format, Carson will need to beat the Couagrs twice in order to make it to Saturday's regional final.
Carson will throw the first pitch at Spanish Springs around 2:30 p.m. tomorrow (Friday), while the potential second contest is scheduled for 5 p.m.
Senators clobber 16 hits against McQueen
Six of the nine hitters in Carson's lineup Thursday put together multi-hit outings.
Corine Doran found success against the Lancer pitching again, knocking in four RBIs on a perfect 3-for-3 day at the dish.
Two of those three hits were doubles, including a two-run double to center in the first inning after McQueen took an early 1-0 lead.
Shannen von Duering, who was 3-for-4 with three runs, drove in the next Senator run helping to spark a five-run second inning.
Doran drove in Caydee Farnworth, who reached on a double, and Amaya Mendeguia followed with a single to center to give Carson a 7-1 edge by the end of the frame.
The Senators only needed five innings out of Farnworth in the circle. She struck out four, allowed three hits and two earned runs.
Kedre Luschar, Taylor Murphy and Kennedy Redican all had two base knocks as well for Carson in the win.
Senator baseball closes out season at Damonte Ranch
Carson High baseball suffered its second loss in Class 5A regional tournament play, bringing an end to its season Thursday.
Damonte Ranch held on to home field with a 7-5 win over the Senators.
Carson battled with the Mustangs after giving up three runs in the bottom of the first.
In the third, Trey Thomas got the Senators on the board with an RBI single to left field.
Kobe Morgan followed and bunted to get on, before Dillon Damico drew a walk to bring in another run.
Thomas came home on a wild pitch to tie the regional elimination game at 3-3 in the top of the third.
Justin Nussbaumer, who was 4-for-4, singled in Jose Fausto in the fourth to give the Senators a 4-3 advantage before the Mustangs responded with four runs in the bottom half of the inning.
Nussbaumer drove in another run in the sixth and Carson was able to get runners on base in every subsequent inning after the fourth, but the Senators couldn't cut the gap any closer than 7-5.
The Senators end the year with an 8-10 record.
