South Lenoir entered their tilt with North Lenoir with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the North Lenoir Hawks a 2-0 shutout on Friday. This was payback for South Lenoir, who suffered a 9-7 loss the last time these two teams met.
Not much got past Matthew Rhodes, who gave up just four hits and racked up seven Ks to keep North Lenoir off the board.
South Lenoir pushed their record up to 14-5 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home. As for North Lenoir, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-4.
South Lenoir will head out on the road to take on Wallace-Rose Hill at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Wallace-Rose Hill is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season. As for North Lenoir, they will be playing at home against James Kenan at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. North Lenoir's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so James Kenan's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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