The New Hanover Wildcats will face off against the D.H. Conley Vikings on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with New Hanover sitting on three straight wins and D.H. Conley on 21.
New Hanover is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 7-2 victory over Chapel Hill. Seven seems to be a good number for the Wildcats as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, D.H. Conley never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past Willow Spring 1-0. Those one runs were actually the fewest the Vikings have put up all season, but given the result they're probably not too concerned.
D.H. Conley got a great performance from Tucker Anderson as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over 4.2 innings pitched. Anderson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in seven consecutive appearances.
At the plate, D.H. Conley's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Winfield, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
D.H. Conley pushed their record up to 23-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for New Hanover, their win bumped their record up to 15-9.
New Hanover was able to grind out a solid victory over D.H. Conley in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, winning 8-4. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Vikings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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