Baseball Preview: Mooresville Blue Devils vs. West Cabarrus Wolverines
The Mooresville Blue Devils will be playing at home against the West Cabarrus Wolverines at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, it was a hard-fought match, but Mooresville had to settle for a 10-9 loss against A.L. Brown.
Cole Intoppa was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He pitched 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Intoppa has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Intoppa was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Intoppa wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Southern Smith-Tilley, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
West Cabarrus won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. Their rough 11-2 defeat to West Rowan might stick with them for a while.
Mooresville's loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-14. As for West Cabarrus, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Mooresville skirted past West Cabarrus 5-4 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Will Mooresville repeat their success, or does West Cabarrus have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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