Baseball Game Preview: Lord Botetourt Cavaliers vs. Northside Vikings

The Lord Botetourt Cavaliers will square off against the Northside Vikings at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Lord Botetourt is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.

Lord Botetourt's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Blacksburg by a score of 5-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cavaliers.

Chase Peck

Runs

04/09/26 @ James River	3
04/22/26 @ Blacksburg	2
04/21/26 vs Fleming	2
04/13/26 @ Pulaski County	2
03/20/26 @ Magna Vista	2
+ 1 more games

Chase Peck was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Lord Botetourt's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 2-5 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Swisher Cook, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base and two RBI.

Meanwhile, Northside didn't have quite enough to beat Carroll County on Wednesday and fell 2-1. The game marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Northside saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Camden Spangler, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base.

Lord Botetourt's win bumped their record up to 7-5. As for Northside, their loss dropped their record down to 8-4.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Lord Botetourt has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Northside struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.2 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.