North Stokes is on a three-game streak of home losses, and South Davidson a nine-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Monday. The North Stokes Vikings will be playing at home against the South Davidson Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Neither North Stokes nor South Davidson posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
On Friday, North Stokes came up short against Chatham Central and fell 7-2.
Elijah Smith was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in March. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one RBI.
Meanwhile, South Davidson fell victim to Bishop McGuinness and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 10-0 to the Villains. That's two games in a row now that the Wildcats have lost by exactly ten runs.
South Davidson saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Myles Scercy, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.
South Davidson's defeat dropped their record down to 6-15. As for North Stokes, their loss dropped their record down to 4-18.
North Stokes beat South Davidson 11-6 in their previous meeting last Friday. Do the Vikings have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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