Garinger is on a five-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), West Mecklenburg a five-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Garinger Wildcats will take on the West Mecklenburg Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Garinger's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Providence on Tuesday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 15-0 to the Panthers, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, West Mecklenburg fell victim to a tough 14-3 loss at the hands of Mallard Creek on Tuesday.
West Mecklenburg saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Echevarria, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Garinger's defeat dropped their record down to 0-15. As for West Mecklenburg, their loss dropped their record down to 4-11-1.
Garinger might still be hurting after the 12-2 defeat they got from West Mecklenburg in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of West Mecklenburg's Randy Shipes, who struck out eight batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Now that Garinger knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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