Cape Fear can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Gray's Creek Bears as the Cape Fear Colts made off with a 9-3 victory. That's more bragging rights for Cape Fear, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Olivia Melvin spent all seven innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on five hits and racked up nine Ks.
On the hitting side, Allie Dawson and Alex Serbio did most of the damage at the plate: Dawson scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances, while Serbio scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Gracey Horne was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
On Gray's Creek's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was August Kebort, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Cape Fear is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Gray's Creek, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cape Fear will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against South Central at 6:30 p.m. Cape Fear's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so South Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Gray's Creek, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Seventy-First at 6:00 p.m. on April 9th. Gray's Creek is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.
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