Kings Mountain is 1-9 against Crest since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Kings Mountain Mountaineers will head out on the road to face off against the Crest Chargers at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Kings Mountain sitting on 17 straight victories and Crest on six.
Kings Mountain is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Huss a 17-0 shutout on Tuesday. Kings Mountain might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 12 contests by nine runs or more this season.
Anna Wooten made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Wooten was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Desirae Thombs was a standout: she scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. Paige Fleming was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Crest can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Ashbrook as Crest made off with a 15-0 win.
Kings Mountain pushed their record up to 17-0 with that victory, which was their tenth straight on the road. As for Crest, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Kings Mountain skirted past Crest 1-0 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Kings Mountain since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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