Baseball Game Recap: West Wilkes Blackhawks vs. Lake Norman Wildcats

By Team Reports Mar 20, 2024, 5:11pm

Recap: West Wilkes Blackhawks vs. Lake Norman Wildcats

West Wilkes can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Lake Norman Wildcats a 6-0 shutout. Six seems to be a good number for West Wilkes as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

For Lake Norman's part, Kyera Combs was cooking despite her team's loss, going 3-for-3 with a stolen base and a double.

The win for West Wilkes keeps them at an undefeated 5-0. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs per game. As for Lake Norman, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-2.

West Wilkes is on the road again on Friday to play East Surry at 6:00 p.m. West Wilkes' pitching crew has only allowed 0.4 runs per game this season, so East Surry's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Lake Norman, they will be playing at home against South Iredell at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lake Norman is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.

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