The Southwest Onslow Stallions will be playing in front of their home fans against the North Lenoir Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Southwest Onslow is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Wallace-Rose Hill 21-2. Southwest Onslow might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six contests by ten runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Chase Bryan, who went 4-for-4 with a home run, four runs, and five RBI. Another player making a difference was Deonte Roberts, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for North Lenoir, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Monday. They had just enough and edged Farmville Central out 4-3.
The team relied heavily on Blake Crawford, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBI.
Southwest Onslow is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season. As for North Lenoir, they pushed their record up to 15-3 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Southwest Onslow has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like North Lenoir struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Southwest Onslow came up short against North Lenoir in their previous meeting back in March, falling 6-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Lenoir's Jackson Jenkins, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Now that Southwest Onslow 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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