North Duplin fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against East Columbus on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Gators by a score of 14-13. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (11), the Rebels still had to take the loss.
North Duplin got a good showing from Holden Williams, who struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, North Duplin saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Price, who got on base in five of his six plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and one double. Another was Cole Grady, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
North Duplin now has a losing record of 1-2. As for East Columbus, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. North Duplin is set to challenge their familiar foe Union at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, East Columbus will face off against rival West Columbus at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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