South Iredell is 2-8 against Mooresville since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The South Iredell Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mooresville Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. Neither South Iredell nor Mooresville posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
South Iredell owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past A.L. Brown 2-0.
The result came thanks to Luke Snell's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up 16 Ks. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, South Iredell saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jake Crowley, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Mooresville didn't have quite enough to beat Lake Norman Charter on Monday and fell 3-2.
Connor Robertson made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
South Iredell's victory bumped their record up to 10-7. As for Mooresville, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-16.
South Iredell might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Mooresville in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Thankfully for South Iredell, Aaron Burchett (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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