The Mount Airy Granite Bears will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Uwharrie Charter Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Mount Airy: 1.7, Uwharrie Charter: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mount Airy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Uwharrie Charter a 1-0 shutout.
The result came thanks to Kamden Hawks's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Mount Airy saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Cox, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.
Mount Airy pushed their record up to 26-2 with that victory, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Uwharrie Charter, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 25-6.
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