Softball Preview: Lumberton Pirates vs. Cape Fear Colts
Lumberton is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Cape Fear is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Lumberton Pirates will take on the Cape Fear Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lumberton: 2.2, Cape Fear: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Lumberton stacked a 17th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They never let Purnell Swett onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. Lumberton's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last five matchups.
The result came thanks to Halona Sampson's shutout, as she gave up just six hits and racked up nine Ks.
At the plate, Lumberton got a big performance out of Jaelyn Hammond, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Stone, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Cape Fear had just enough and edged South View out 1-0 on Thursday.
Not much got past Olivia Melvin, who gave up just three hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep South View off the board. Melvin has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Cape Fear's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Allie Dawson, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Lumberton's victory bumped their record up to 22-3. As for Cape Fear, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
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