New Hanover is on a seven-game streak of home losses, Ashley a 14-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The New Hanover Wildcats will take on the Ashley Screaming Eagle at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
New Hanover's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against North Brunswick on Tuesday. Their rough 15-0 loss to the Scorpions might stick with them for a while.
Meanwhile, Ashley didn't have quite enough to beat South View on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Ashley saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kendall Weaver, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
New Hanover's defeat dropped their record down to 0-15. As for Ashley, their loss dropped their record down to 2-18.
New Hanover might still be hurting after the 20-1 defeat they got from Ashley in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ashley's Emerson Lee, who struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). Now that New Hanover knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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