The Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls are taking a road trip to face off against the West Stanly Colts at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Hickory Ridge is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against East Rowan on Wednesday. They fell 5-2 to the Mustangs. The Ragin' Bulls have struggled against the Mustangs recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, West Stanly made easy work of Central Academy on Tuesday and carried off a 13-1 win. Considering the Colts have won seven matchups by more than eight runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
West Stanly is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Hickory Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
Hickory Ridge suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to West Stanly in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Ragin' Bulls avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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