The East Mecklenburg Eagles will take on the Independence Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (East Mecklenburg has four straight wins, Independence has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If East Mecklenburg beats Independence with eight runs on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. East Mecklenburg beat Mallard Creek on Wednesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 8-4.
East Mecklenburg saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dillon Romig, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Another was Liam Parsons, who scored a run and stole a base.
Meanwhile, Independence fell victim to Providence and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 10-0 to the Panthers. The home team had taken home the W every time these teams have met since March 25, 2024, but that streak is no more.
East Mecklenburg's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Independence, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
East Mecklenburg suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Independence in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can East Mecklenburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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