After flying high against Huss on Tuesday, Kings Mountain came back down to earth. The Kings Mountain Mountaineers took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the South Caldwell Spartans on Wednesday. The Mountaineers were red-hot at the plate heading into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three contests prior), but the Spartans' pitcher proved too tough.
Kings Mountain saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was KJ Bell, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Mountaineers
| 03/19/25 @ South Caldwell | 1-6 |
| 03/18/25 vs Huss | 25-0 |
| 03/14/25 @ Ashbrook | 13-3 |
| 03/11/25 vs Ashbrook | 12-2 |
| 03/07/25 @ Cherryville | 0-3 |
With the defeat, Kings Mountain broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-4. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 12 hits in those games compared to only three in the others. As for South Caldwell, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 8-0.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Kings Mountain will face off against Huss at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Kings Mountain is facing Huss at the right time seeing as Huss is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for South Caldwell, they will take on Freedom at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Freedom is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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