North Stokes is 0-7 against Starmount since March of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The North Stokes Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Starmount Rams at 6:00 p.m. North Stokes will be strutting in after a victory while Starmount will be coming in after a defeat.
North Stokes will head into Tuesday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Monday (they won by ten) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over South Stokes.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 16 runs the game before, Starmount was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They lost 13-2 to East Wilkes. Starmount has not had much luck with East Wilkes recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Mackinzie Cox was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-2 with a home run and two runs.
North Stokes pushed their record up to 10-11 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Starmount, their loss dropped their record down to 11-10.
North Stokes came up short against Starmount in their previous meeting on April 9th, falling 10-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Starmount's Rachael Bates, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that North Stokes knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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