Baseball Preview: North Mecklenburg Vikings vs. Chambers Cougars
North Mecklenburg and Chambers are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The North Mecklenburg Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Chambers Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Mecklenburg has four straight wins, Chambers has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
North Mecklenburg can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Chambers as North Mecklenburg made off with a 14-4 victory.
Andrew Rhoden and Ryan Clark were a major factor no matter where they played. On the mound, Rhoden struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Clark tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk). At bat, Rhoden scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Clark scored three runs and stole seven bases while going 2-for-3. Clark is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last 12 games he's played.
In other batting news, Jacob Neville was excellent, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3. Alex Beall was another key contributor, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases.
North Mecklenburg has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Chambers, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
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