West Cabarrus fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against South Iredell on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the South Iredell Vikings by a score of 2-1. West Cabarrus has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
West Cabarrus saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was William Hollmeyer, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
On South Iredell's side, they got a great performance from Luke Snell as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over 4.2 innings pitched.
West Cabarrus' defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for South Iredell, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2.
West Cabarrus will head out on the road to face off against Cox Mill at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Cox Mill's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so West Cabarrus' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for South Iredell, they will head out on the road to challenge Carson at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Carson is on a three-game streak of home wins, South Iredell a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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