Baseball Game Preview: South Lenoir Leaves Home

By Team Reports Apr 28, 2024, 3:50am

Baseball Preview: South Lenoir Blue Devils vs. Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs

South Lenoir is 5-0 against Wallace-Rose Hill since March of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The South Lenoir Blue Devils will head out on the road to square off against the Wallace-Rose Hill Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. South Lenoir is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.

South Lenoir will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating North Lenoir, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. South Lenoir had just enough and edged North Lenoir out 2-0.

The result came thanks to Matthew Rhodes's shutout, as he gave up just four hits and racked up seven Ks.

Wallace-Rose Hill lost 12-2 to Heide Trask on Thursday. Wallace-Rose Hill has struggled against Heide Trask recently, as their matchup on Thursday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.

Wallace-Rose Hill saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dane Turner, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.

South Lenoir pushed their record up to 14-5 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Wallace-Rose Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 10-9.

Everything went South Lenoir's way against Wallace-Rose Hill in their previous meeting on April 9th as South Lenoir made off with a 12-2 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Lenoir since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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