The Eastern Randolph Wildcats will be playing at home against the Uwharrie Charter Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Eastern Randolph: 1.8, Uwharrie Charter: 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Uwharrie Charter is hoping to do on Friday what Southwestern Randolph couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Eastern Randolph's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Eastern Randolph walked away with a 4-1 victory over Southwestern Randolph.
Addie Flinchum spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on three hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than six innings every time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Eastern Randolph saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ayanna Mears, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Uwharrie Charter faced Southern Alamance in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Uwharrie Charter fell just short of Southern Alamance by a score of 4-2. Uwharrie Charter was red-hot at the plate headed into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matchups prior) but Southern Alamance's pitchers proved too tough.
Kenzie Hill was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Eastern Randolph has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Uwharrie Charter, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2.
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