Baseball Recap: North Buncombe Continues Road Dominance on Tuesday

North Buncombe is still undefeated this season after their match against McDowell on Tuesday, but McDowell came as close as anyone has to beating them. The North Buncombe Black Hawks never let the McDowell Titans get on the board and left with a 1-0 win. The one-run effort marked the Black Hawks' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Coleton Collins looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive appearances.

Grey Reedy

Hits (Career)

03/18/25 @ McDowell	3
03/04/25 vs Pisgah	2
05/02/24 vs Enka	2
04/23/24 @ Erwin	2
04/19/24 @ A.C. Reynolds	2

On the hitting side, North Buncombe saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grey Reedy, who went 3-for-5 with two doubles. The dominant performance gave Reedy a new career-high in hits. Bannen Winker was another, scoring a run and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-5.

North Buncombe kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as McDowell only managed six hits.

North Buncombe's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for McDowell, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-5.

Coming up, North Buncombe will face off against Smoky Mountain at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. North Buncombe is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season. As for McDowell, they will challenge North Buncombe at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.