The North Stanly Comets will head out on the road to take on the Forbush Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Stanly is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 4-1 win over Community School of Davidson. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Stanly.
Meanwhile, Forbush came tearing into Friday's matchup with 17 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.1 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Pride out 3-2.
Gavin Maines made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Maines has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 11 consecutive pitching appearances. Maines was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Maines wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Riley Campbell, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
North Stanly's victory bumped their record up to 23-4. As for Forbush, they pushed their record up to 25-2 with that win, which was their 15th straight at home.
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