In what's become a running theme this season, Northern Durham gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Riverside-Durham Pirates as the Northern Durham Knights made off with a 10-2 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Northern Durham also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2023.
Kylie Smith was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. Smith has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Smith was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Northern Durham got a massive performance out of Mason Browning, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was AnnaClaire Spell, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
On Riverside-Durham's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Paisley Russell, who went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Northern Durham has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-7 record this season. As for Riverside-Durham, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-7.
Northern Durham will stay at home for another game and welcome Falls Lake at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Northern Durham's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last six matchups. As for Riverside-Durham, they will head out on the road to take on Green Level at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Green Level has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 11.6 runs per game on average), something Riverside-Durham will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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