The South Iredell Vikings will challenge the West Cabarrus Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South Iredell has three straight victories, West Cabarrus has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
South Iredell's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Bandys as South Iredell made off with a 14-0 win. Considering the Vikings have won six matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Dylan Hughesman looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Furthermore, he didn't allow a single earned run, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in March of 2024.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jake Crowley, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Tanner Byrd, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
South Iredell hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bandys struck out 12 times.
Meanwhile, West Cabarrus didn't have quite enough to beat Central Cabarrus on Saturday and fell 5-3.
West Cabarrus saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caden Parks, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI and one double. That double marked the first that Parks hit this season.
South Iredell's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for West Cabarrus, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7.
South Iredell was able to grind out a solid win over West Cabarrus in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, winning 7-2. Will South Iredell repeat their success, or does West Cabarrus has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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