The West Lincoln Rebels will square off against the Lincolnton Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. West Lincoln will be strutting in after a victory while Lincolnton will be coming in after a loss.
On Thursday, West Lincoln sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Pisgah. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rebels.
Maiden hit Lincolnton with a four-run fourth inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Wolves took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blue Devils. The Wolves have struggled against the Blue Devils recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.
Karson Cloninger was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Cloninger was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one double and one RBI.
Cloninger wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Max Buckley, who went 1-for-3 with one run. Yorye Urena also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
Lincolnton's defeat dropped their record down to 6-14. As for West Lincoln, their victory bumped their record up to 12-10.
Everything went West Lincoln's way against Lincolnton in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as West Lincoln made off with a 13-2 win. Will the Rebels repeat their success, or do the Wolves have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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