The West Johnston Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Cape Fear Colts at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
West Johnston's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against South Johnston on Thursday. They lost 10-0 to the Trojans.
Meanwhile, Cape Fear won against South View on Thursday with one run and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Cape Fear's pitcher stepped up to hand Lumberton a 1-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for Cape Fear who now have three in a row.
The result came thanks to Olivia Melvin's shutout, as she gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Cape Fear's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Allie Dawson, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
West Johnston now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Cape Fear, they pushed their record up to 16-5 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
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