Baseball Game Preview: Grimsley Whirlies vs. South Iredell Vikings

The Grimsley Whirlies will square off against the South Iredell Vikings on Friday. Grimsley is coming into the match hot, having won their last 11 games.

Grimsley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Davie get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory.

Jacob Benbow tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up a single earned run in five consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Grimsley got a massive performance out of Sebastian Rodriguez, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run and three RBI. That's the most RBI Rodriguez has posted since back in March. Tai Richmond was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with four RBI and one run.

Grimsley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .633. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Davie only posted an OBP of .273.

South Iredell let Asheville stack four runs on them in the fourth inning on Tuesday but luckily South Iredell prevailed anyway. The Vikings had just enough and edged out the Cougars 7-6.

Grimsley's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for South Iredell, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season.