The North Iredell Raiders will venture away from home to challenge the North Surry Greyhounds at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
North Iredell proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by seven) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past St. Stephens 3-2. The win was familiar territory for the Raiders, who have now won four contests in a row.
North Iredell saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Xavier Burgess, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, North Surry waltzed into their game on Monday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over the Vikings.
North Surry's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-7. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs over those games. As for North Iredell, their record is now 16-3.
North Iredell couldn't quite finish off North Surry when the teams last played back in April of 2024 and fell 6-4. Can the Raiders avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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