Softball Preview: Cape Fear Colts vs. Lumberton Pirates
Cape Fear is 7-2 against Lumberton since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Cape Fear Colts are on the road again to play the Lumberton Pirates at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Cape Fear gave up the first runs on Tuesday, but they didn't let that get them down. Everything went their way against Gray's Creek as Cape Fear made off with a 9-3 win.
Olivia Melvin spent all seven innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on five hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Cape Fear let Allie Dawson and Alex Serbio loose on the outfield. Dawson scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances, while Serbio scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Gracey Horne was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lumberton had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Rams a 16-0 shutout.
Cape Fear has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Lumberton, they pushed their record up to 10-2 with that victory, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Cape Fear came up short against Lumberton when the teams last played on March 5th, falling 3-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lumberton's Halona Sampson, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. Now that Cape Fear knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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