Softball Preview: Topsail Pirates vs. North Brunswick Scorpions
Topsail is 10-0 against North Brunswick since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Topsail Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the North Brunswick Scorpions at 6:30 p.m. Topsail will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Topsail can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They blew past New Hanover 17-0. Topsail's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three contests.
The team relied heavily on Jaylyn Noble, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. She is trending in the right direction, as she's improved her point production for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Emmy Clark, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, North Brunswick didn't have quite enough to beat Laney on Tuesday and fell 3-2. North Brunswick has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Topsail is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for North Brunswick, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12.
North Brunswick's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Topsail hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .361. It's a different story for North Brunswick, though, as they've only averaged .201. Will they be able to contain Topsail's hitters?
Everything went Topsail's way against North Brunswick in their previous meeting back in March as Topsail made off with a 12-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Topsail 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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