The Mecklenburg County Phoenix will be playing in front of their home fans against the Randolph-Henry Statesmen at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mecklenburg County had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against Vance Charter on Tuesday as Mecklenburg County made off with an 8-1 victory.
Meanwhile, Randolph-Henry entered their tilt with Cumberland with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Dukes onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday.
Abigail Dixon was excellent, going 3-for-4 with two RBI.
Mecklenburg County's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Randolph-Henry, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Mecklenburg County couldn't quite finish off Randolph-Henry in their previous meeting on March 14th and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Randolph-Henry's Danner Allen, who struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that Mecklenburg County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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