An exciting North v. South battle is about to be fought. The Southport Cardinals will be playing at home against the North Central Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Southport's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Greenwood as they made off with a 10-0 win.
The team relied heavily on Lindsey Vaught, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI. Ally Kiefner was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.
Southport always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .517. The last time their OBP was this high was back in May of 2024.
Meanwhile, North Central made easy work of Pike on Tuesday and carried off a 10-2 victory. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Red Devils recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive win against them.
The victory got Southport back to even at 5-5. As for North Central, their win bumped their record up to 5-6-1.
Southport might still be hurting after the 18-6 defeat they got from North Central in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can the Cardinals avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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