Baseball Recap: Tarboro Takes a Loss

Tarboro easily dispatched North East Carolina Prep last Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Vikings fell just short of the Martin County Gators by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. The Vikings have struggled against the Gators recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.

Cole Craddock was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double.

Tarboro's loss dropped their record down to 10-6. As for Martin County, their victory bumped their record up to 16-3.

While Tarboro had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.