Baseball Game Preview: Chatham Central Bears vs. Northern Nash Knights

The Chatham Central Bears will face off against the Northern Nash Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Chatham Central has given up an average of 7.9 runs per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Chatham Central came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Orange, falling 11-1.

Chatham Central saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brett Phillips, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northern Nash). Everything went their way against Roanoke Rapids on Thursday as they made off with a 25-3 victory. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Knights with their most commanding win of the season.

Tristan Murray made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Murray was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He has become a key player for Northern Nash: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 2-5 otherwise.

In other batting news, Landyn Worrell was incredible, going 3-for-4 with one home run, six RBI, and three runs. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Edgerton, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI.

Chatham Central dropped their record down to 4-11 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Northern Nash, the win got them back to even at 6-6.