South Mecklenburg proved they can win big last Friday (they won by ten) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Ardrey Kell Knights 6-4. The Sabres haven't had any issues with the Knights recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Connor Longley
| 04/01/25 vs Ardrey Kell | 7 |
| 03/13/24 vs East Lincoln | 6 |
| 03/25/25 @ Sun Valley | 5 |
| 04/01/24 vs Butler | 5 |
| 03/21/24 @ Palisades | 4 |
South Mecklenburg got a great performance from Connor Longley as he struck out seven batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Those seven strikeouts gave Longley a new career-high.
At the plate, South Mecklenburg's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Gabe Luke-Judy, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2. Those two runs gave Luke-Judy a new career-high.
South Mecklenburg's record is now 11-6. As for Ardrey Kell, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-6.
South Mecklenburg will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Knights: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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