West Rowan is 8-2 against Northwest Cabarrus since March of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The West Rowan Falcons will be playing at home against the Northwest Cabarrus Trojans at 7:00 p.m. West Rowan will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
West Rowan put the finishing touches on their fourth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand South Rowan a 7-0 shutout. With that victory, West Rowan brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Not much got past Corbin Bailey, who gave up just two hits to keep South Rowan off the board. Those seven innings set a new season-high mark for him.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Cole Blevins, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Gage Scruggs, who scored two runs and stole a base.
Northwest Cabarrus won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Monday. Their tough 13-4 defeat to Cox Mill might stick with them for a while. Northwest Cabarrus has not had much luck with Cox Mill recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Northwest Cabarrus saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Blake Gaffney, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Another player making a difference was Alex Walker, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
West Rowan's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Northwest Cabarrus, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. West Rowan has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.1 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Northwest Cabarrus struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
West Rowan was able to grind out a solid victory over Northwest Cabarrus when the teams last played back in March of 2023, winning 6-3. Will West Rowan repeat their success, or does Northwest Cabarrus have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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