The North Gaston Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Maiden Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as North Gaston comes in on four and Maiden on eight.
North Gaston will bounce into Wednesday's matchup after beating Crest, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. North Gaston won by a run and slipped past Crest 2-1.
Meanwhile, Maiden stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lincolnton an 11-0 shutout. With that win, Maiden brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Hayden Fleury made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Fleury has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances. Fleury was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Maiden got a big performance out of Davin Williams, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI, a triple, and a run. Another player making a difference was Hunter Townsend, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
North Gaston is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Maiden, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-5.
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