Baseball Recap: South Iredell Vikings vs. Mooresville Blue Devils
South Iredell put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past the Mooresville Blue Devils 13-3. With that victory, South Iredell brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Layne Paxton looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, Tyler Hughesman and Tristan Kinsey did most of the damage at the plate: Hughesman scored four runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-4, while Kinsey went 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and a run. Reid Johnson was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
On Mooresville's side, Noah Hildebran made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Southern Smith-Tilley, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base and a double.
South Iredell has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Mooresville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-17.
South Iredell will have a chance to go back-to-back against Mooresville: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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