The Ariton Purple Cats are taking a road trip to challenge the Kinston Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Ariton's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Houston County as they made off with an 18-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Purple Cats.
Meanwhile, Kinston won against Charles Henderson on Tuesday with 15 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The Bulldogs didn't even let Ponce De Leon on the board, marking the Bulldogs' second-straight 15-0 shutout. The Bulldogs haven't had any issues with the Pirates recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Kinston pushed their record up to 27-7 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Ariton, their victory bumped their record up to 17-14-2.
Ariton might still be hurting after the 9-2 defeat they got from Kinston in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can the Purple Cats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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