Kings Mountain came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 7-1 to the North Gaston Wildcats. The defeat continues a trend for the Mountaineers in their meetings with the Wildcats: they've now lost three in a row.
Kings Mountain saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jordan Buckner, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Kings Mountain now has a losing record of 5-6. As for North Gaston, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 7-3.
Coming up, Kings Mountain will head out to face off against Forestview at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Kings Mountain's pitchers better be ready for this one: Forestview has averaged an impressive 8.4 runs per game this season. As for North Gaston, they will host Ashbrook at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. North Gaston is facing Ashbrook at the right time seeing as Ashbrook is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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