The Northside - Pinetown Panthers will square off against the Perquimans Pirates on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Northside - Pinetown sitting on five straight victories and Perquimans on three.
Northside - Pinetown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Pamlico County 3-1.
Northside - Pinetown saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emaleigh Cherry, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Perquimans gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They put the hurt on East Bladen with a sharp 8-1 win.
Addisyn Stallings looked comfortable as she pitched 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Morgan Baccus and Elizabeth Gregory did most of the damage at the plate: Baccus scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while Gregory went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Lilly Winslow, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Northside - Pinetown is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Perquimans, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-8.
Both the pair just can't seem to miss. Northside - Pinetown has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 9.5 hits per game. However, it's not like Perquimans struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 4.9. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Northside - Pinetown couldn't quite finish off Perquimans in their previous meeting back in April and fell 7-5. Can Northside - Pinetown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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