Cape Fear is 8-2 against Lumberton since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Cape Fear Colts will head out on the road to face off against the Lumberton Pirates at 7:00 p.m. Cape Fear is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Cape Fear can't be too worried about heading out to take on Lumberton: they just beat South View at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Cape Fear's pitcher stepped up to hand South View a 1-0 shutout on Thursday.
The result came thanks to Olivia Melvin's shutout, as she gave up just three hits and racked up 12 Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Cape Fear's victory 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.
Meanwhile, Lumberton stacked a 17th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They put the hurt on Purnell Swett with a sharp 9-0 win. The victory was nothing new for Lumberton as they're now sitting on five straight.
Not much got past Halona Sampson, who gave up just six hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Purnell Swett off the board.
At the plate, Jaelyn Hammond was a standout: she scored three runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Tiara Stueck, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Cape Fear has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Lumberton, their win bumped their record up to 22-3.
Cape Fear came out on top in a nail-biter against Lumberton in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Sampson, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cape Fear still be able to contain Sampson? There's only one way to find out.
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