The North Lincoln Knights will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Asheville Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with North Lincoln sitting on three straight wins and Asheville on six.
On Tuesday, it was close, but North Lincoln sidestepped Hickory for a 7-6 victory. That's two games straight that North Lincoln has won by just one run.
Logan Sammons made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Sammons was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Brady Rinkus looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
Back at the plate, Eli Sipe and Cason McGinnis did most of the damage at the plate: Sipe scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while McGinnis scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Sipe has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Meanwhile, Asheville put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Franklin as Asheville made off with an 11-1 win.
North Lincoln has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Asheville, they pushed their record up to 11-8 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
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