Southside Christian waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Spartanburg Vikings a 2-0 shutout. For Southside Christian, this counts as revenge for the 7-4 loss Spartanburg walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2020.
Southside Christian saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Bolemon, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and a double. Bolemon has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Southside Christian's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-7. As for Spartanburg, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-6.
Southside Christian will be playing in front of their home fans against Wagener-Salley at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Southside Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season. Spartanburg does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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