Baseball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Hickory

Tornadoes

Margin (Wins)

03/03/26 vs Foard	15
04/17/26 @ Maiden	12
04/21/26 vs West Iredell	10
04/14/26 @ Foard	10
03/31/26 @ Bunker Hill	10

Hickory won against Maiden on Friday with 12 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Tornadoes were the clear victors by a 12-2 margin over the West Iredell Warriors. Considering the Tornadoes have won six contests by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

The win (which was Hickory's third in a row) raised their record to 11-8. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for West Iredell, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-13.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Hickory is set to square off against their familiar foe East Lincoln at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, West Iredell will challenge rival Newton-Conover at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.