The Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls will face off against the Mooresville Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Mooresville will be up against a hot Hickory Ridge squad: the team just extended their winning streak to five. Hickory Ridge never let Central Cabarrus get on the board and left with a 2-0 win on Wednesday.
Avery Jones tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Hickory Ridge's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Katherine Rhyne, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Mooresville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over Piedmont on Wednesday. The Blue Devils haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Hickory Ridge pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Mooresville, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
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