North Lincoln is 9-1 against North Iredell since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The North Lincoln Knights will head out on the road to challenge the North Iredell Raiders at 7:30 p.m. North Lincoln is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
Last Monday, it was a hard-fought game, but North Lincoln had to settle for a 7-6 defeat against West Iredell.
North Lincoln got a good showing from Cooper Seagle, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, North Lincoln saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chad Matthews, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI. Matthews has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Cason McGinnis was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, North Iredell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost 9-3 to Foard.
Thomas Shumaker was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
North Lincoln's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-7. As for North Iredell, their record now sits at 6-13.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. North Lincoln has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like North Iredell struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
North Lincoln came up short against North Iredell when the teams last played back in April, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Iredell's Brooks Kinser, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that North Lincoln knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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