The Ayden - Grifton Chargers will face off against the Corinth Holders Pirates at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Ayden - Grifton barely beat North Pitt the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Chargers blew past the Panthers 14-2 on Thursday. The Chargers haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Corinth Holders). They never let Southeast Raleigh get on the board and left with a 19-0 win on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won five games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Corinth Holders has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Ayden - Grifton, they pushed their record up to 11-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
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