The South Lenoir Blue Devils will square off against the Whiteville Wolfpack on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
South Lenoir is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Southeast Alamance get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory. Six seems to be a good number for the Blue Devils as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jake Howard was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Gage Howard was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Whiteville won against Washington on Tuesday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. The Wolfpack were the clear victors by a 6-0 margin over Farmville Central. The victory was familiar territory for the Wolfpack, who have now won four matchups in a row.
South Lenoir has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Whiteville, their victory bumped their record up to 18-4.
South Lenoir couldn't quite get it done against Whiteville when the teams last played back in May of 2022 as they fell 5-1. Can the Blue Devils avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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