Chapel Hill fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against East Chapel Hill on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the East Chapel Hill Wildcats by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, Chapel Hill couldn't push the score so high this time.
Jackson Evans spent all 7.2 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up 12 Ks.
At the plate, Chapel Hill saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Teagan CoyneSmith, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Chapel Hill's defeat ended an 11-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 13-5. As for East Chapel Hill, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-10 record this season.
While Chapel Hill had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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