Baseball Preview: Northern Durham Knights vs. Riverside-Durham Pirates
Northern Durham and Riverside-Durham are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Northern Durham Knights will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Riverside-Durham Pirates at 6:00 p.m. Northern Durham is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
Northern Durham lost 11-1 to Jordan on Friday. Northern Durham has struggled against Jordan recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Northern Durham saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was William Hicklen, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Riverside-Durham can finally bid farewell to their five-game losing streak thanks to their game on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past East Chapel Hill 3-2.
Northern Durham's loss dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Riverside-Durham, their victory bumped their record up to 7-8.
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