Northside and Lord Botetourt are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Northside Vikings will be playing at home against the Lord Botetourt Cavaliers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Lord Botetourt took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Northside, who comes in off a win.
Lord Botetourt is hoping to do on Friday what Staunton River couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Northside's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Northside's way against Staunton River as Northside made off with a 14-4 win.
Meanwhile, Lord Botetourt fell victim to Salem and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 10-0 to the Spartans. Having soared to a lofty 16 runs in the game before, Lord Botetourt's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Northside now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Lord Botetourt, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-6 record this season.
Northside couldn't quite finish off Lord Botetourt when the teams last played back in April and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lord Botetourt's Nolan Medley, who struck out nine batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that Northside knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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