Baseball Recap: Chapel Hill Tigers vs. Riverside-Durham Pirates
Chapel Hill had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came out on top against the Riverside-Durham Pirates by a score of 15-11. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Eli Baker was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Baker was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Austin Campos was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3. Sam Elston was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and a stolen base.
On Riverside-Durham's side, Kj Burton was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Riverside-Durham didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chapel Hill only tossed seven.
Chapel Hill's victory bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Riverside-Durham, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-5.
Chapel Hill will be playing in front of their home fans against Northern Durham at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northern Durham knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with flashy run totals in its past four matches -- so hopefully Chapel Hill likes a good challenge. As for Riverside-Durham, they will head out on the road to challenge Jordan at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Riverside-Durham is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
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