Neuse Charter is 1-9 against North Duplin since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Neuse Charter Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the North Duplin Rebels at 6:00 p.m. North Duplin took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Neuse Charter, who comes in off a win.
After only one run in their last game, Neuse Charter made sure to put some runs up on the board against Union on Tuesday. Neuse Charter put the hurt on Union with a sharp 32-13 win. Neuse Charter's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Connor Phillips and Brayden Parr made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Phillips tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Meanwhile, Parr tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). At the plate, Phillips scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Parr scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Nate Dunn was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all six of his plate appearances. Landon Wendel was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, North Duplin didn't have quite enough to beat Rosewood on Wednesday and fell 3-1. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs North Duplin has scored all season.
North Duplin saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Duff, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Neuse Charter's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-5. As for North Duplin, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-6.
Neuse Charter suffered a grim 17-2 defeat to North Duplin when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Duplin's Esteban Santos Clark, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Neuse Charter knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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