The Lake Norman Wildcats will take on the Palisades Pumas at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The timing is sure in Lake Norman's favor as the squad sits on eight straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Palisades has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
On Tuesday, Lake Norman didn't have quite enough to beat South Iredell and fell 4-3.
Lake Norman got a good showing from Eric Jacobsen, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Jacobsen has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Lake Norman saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Horsefall, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Palisades gave up the first runs on Tuesday, but they didn't let that get them down. They put the hurt on Ballantyne Ridge with a sharp 14-4 win. The result was nothing new for the Pumas, who have now won six contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Israel Clase and Lincoln Wise did most of the damage at the plate: Clase scored three runs while going 3-for-4, while Wise scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3. Those three hits gave Clase a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Forsythe, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-1.
Palisades was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .464. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
The victory got Palisades back to even at 7-7. As for Lake Norman, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 10-5.
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