The East Rowan Mustangs are taking a road trip to challenge the South Rowan Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with East Rowan sitting on three straight wins and South Rowan on five.
East Rowan's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Wednesday, when they got past Lake Norman's usually-dominant pitching crew. East Rowan was the clear victors by a 13-6 margin over Lake Norman. Considering the Mustangs have won four contests by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Mason Phelps and Josiah Ninteau did most of the damage at the plate: Phelps scored three runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-4, while Ninteau went 2-for-3 with five RBI and one double. The dominant performance gave Ninteau a new career-high in RBI. Braylen Ketchie also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
East Rowan was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, South Rowan never let their opponents score on Tuesday. They blew past Central Cabarrus 10-0. That's two games straight that the Raiders have won by exactly ten runs.
East Rowan's record now sits at 6-2. As for South Rowan, their record is now 5-1.
East Rowan took their victory against South Rowan when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 7-1. Will East Rowan repeat their success, or does South Rowan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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