Croatan is 0-4 against New Bern since March of 2022 but things could change on Monday. The Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Bears at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Croatan 2.2, New Bern 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Croatan's offense. They fell just short of West Carteret by a score of 1-0 last Thursday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Cougars' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, New Bern fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against D.H. Conley on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Bears have lost by just one run.
New Bern saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kierstyn Darnell, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base.
This is the second loss in a row for New Bern and nudges their season record down to 16-4. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for Croatan, their loss dropped their record down to 8-7.
Croatan couldn't quite finish off New Bern in their previous meeting on April 7th and fell 4-2. Can the Cougars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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