With a playoff game on the line, Union Pines rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They blew past the Cedar Ridge Fighting Red Wolves 11-4. Considering Union Pines has won nine matches by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Union Pines got a massive performance out of Corryn McCutchen, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Abbey McKenzie was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
On Cedar Ridge's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rylee Capps, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Union Pines' win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-7. As for Cedar Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 12-8-1.
Union Pines will challenge Southern Alamance on Friday. Union Pines is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season. Cedar Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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