The Carson Cougars will head out on the road to face off against the Northwest Cabarrus Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Carson will head into Wednesday's match on the come-up: they were handed a six-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against West Stanly on Wednesday. Carson sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over West Stanly.
Gage Trexler tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jayven Parks was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Northwest Cabarrus has not done well against Hickory Ridge recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Northwest Cabarrus won by a run and slipped past Hickory Ridge 3-2.
Northwest Cabarrus saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Finley, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Carson is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Northwest Cabarrus, their record is now 10-13.
Carson couldn't quite finish off Northwest Cabarrus when the teams last played back in March and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Northwest Cabarrus' Dalton Hazlett, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. Now that Carson knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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