West Craven is 4-0 against North Pitt since April of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The West Craven Eagles will head out on the road to take on the North Pitt Panthers at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (West Craven has five straight victories, North Pitt has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
West Craven is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Greene Central 20-0. With that win, West Craven brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.
Riley Dixon made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Dixon has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Dixon was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, West Craven got a massive performance out of Aubrey Tyler, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-4. Tyler is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Izabella Sutton, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4.
Meanwhile, North Pitt fell victim to Nash Central and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. Their rough 20-0 loss to the Bulldogs might stick with them for a while.
The victory got West Craven back to even at 8-8. As for North Pitt, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12.
Everything went West Craven's way against North Pitt when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as West Craven made off with a 12-2 win. Does West Craven have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Pitt turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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