The Foard Tigers will take on the North Lincoln Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Foard's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past North Iredell 10-0. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their one-run performance the game before.
Foard let Livi Queen and Alexa Stillwell run wild. Queen got on base in all four of her plate appearances with four stolen bases, two runs, and one double, while Stillwell went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most runs Stillwell has posted since back in March. Aubri Luckett was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, North Lincoln had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They put the hurt on the Red Tornadoes with a sharp 15-0 victory.
North Lincoln pushed their record up to 17-5 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.0 runs over those games. As for Foard, they moved to 11-8 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Foard was able to grind out a solid victory over North Lincoln when the teams last played on April 8th, winning 7-3. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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