The Topsail Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the D.H. Conley Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Topsail is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past Clayton 5-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
Ten must be D.H. Conley's lucky number: they beat Riverside-Durham with that score not once but twice on Friday. The Vikings didn't even let the Pirates on the board, marking the Vikings' second-straight 10-0 shutout. Considering the Vikings have won 13 matchups by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
D.H. Conley gave Tucker Anderson the start and clearly made the right call: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over four innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Anderson has posted since back in March.
At the plate, Coleton Newbern was a standout: he went 1-for-2 with one home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Edwards, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, one run, and one double.
D.H. Conley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .435. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Riverside-Durham only posted a batting average of .227.
Topsail's record is now 18-7. As for D.H. Conley, their record now sits at 23-2.
Topsail might still be hurting after the 9-0 defeat they got from D.H. Conley when the teams last played back in April of 2017. Can the Pirates avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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