
Mustangs
03/05/25 vs Central Carolina Academy | 15 |
03/18/25 @ Jordan-Matthews | 13 |
03/27/25 vs The O'Neal School | 12 |
02/28/25 vs Northwood | 9 |
04/09/25 @ The O'Neal School | 8 |
North Moore had lost four games straight , but after bumping their record up to 8-9 on Friday that streak is in the rearview. They put the hurt on the Chatham Central Bears with a sharp 7-1 win. Considering the Mustangs have won seven matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
John Carre made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because North Moore is 2-1 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 6-8 otherwise. Carre was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, one triple, and one stolen base. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Dawson Futrell, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run and two RBI. North Moore is undefeated when Futrell posts one or more home runs, but 4-9 otherwise. Cade Clewis also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
As for Chatham Central, they dropped their record down to 7-14 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, they couldn't push the score so high this time.
On Chatham Central's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reid Albright, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
North Moore will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Bears: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
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