Baseball Game Preview: Cox Mill Chargers vs. Mooresville Blue Devils

Chargers

Runs

03/26/25 @ Hopewell	4
03/25/25 vs Mooresville	4
03/21/25 vs West Cabarrus	4
03/20/25 @ Butler	11
03/18/25 @ West Cabarrus	9
+ 5 more games

The Cox Mill Chargers will venture away from home to square off against the Mooresville Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Cox Mill is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.

Cox Mill lost 14-4 to Hopewell on Wednesday. The Chargers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Trendyn Motley and Tyler Hicks stepped up to the plate in a big way. Motley got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI, while Hicks scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Cartee, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Mooresville ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They skirted past Alexander Central 2-1. The two-run effort marked the Blue Devils' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Talon Russ tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in six consecutive appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Luke Modrak, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5. He has become a key player for Mooresville: the team is 7-2 when he posts at least two runs, but 1-3 otherwise.

The win was the third in a row for Mooresville, bringing their record up to 8-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Cox Mill, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.

Cox Mill suffered a grim 10-4 defeat to Mooresville in their previous meeting on Tuesday. Can Cox Mill avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.