The Northwood Chargers will face off against the Leesville Road Pride at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Northwood's offense. They came up short against Apex on Wednesday, falling 11-0. The Chargers' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Leesville Road had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Jaguars. Six seems to be a good number for the Pride as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Avery Morton looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Leesville Road's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Wyss, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one double. Those three hits gave Wyss a new career-high. Ben Fields was another, going 1-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Northwood's defeat dropped their record down to 9-6. As for Leesville Road, their win bumped their record up to 11-5.
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