Northern Durham is 10-0 against Hillside since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Northern Durham Knights will stay at home for another game and welcome the Hillside Hornets at 6:00 p.m. Northern Durham is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.
Northern Durham will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a 13-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against East Chapel Hill on Friday. Northern Durham came out on top in a nail-biter against East Chapel Hill and snuck past 4-2.
Kylie Smith made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 18 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Smith was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two runs and a triple.
Smith wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Mason Browning, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, sadly, Hillside is still looking for their first win of the season after six games. They suffered a tough 16-0 defeat at the hands of Jordan on Tuesday.
Northern Durham is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season. As for Hillside, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Northern Durham took their victory against Hillside in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 19-0. Will Northern Durham repeat their success, or does Hillside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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