The Northside - Pinetown Panthers are taking a road trip to face off against the Manteo Redskins at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Northside - Pinetown managed to slip by Pamlico County the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. Northside - Pinetown came up short against Pamlico County on Tuesday, falling 10-0. Panthers fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Hurricanes since on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Manteo hadn't done well against Currituck County recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Manteo narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Currituck County 7-5. While the Redskins didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Manteo saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Saywer, who scored a run while going 2-for-5. Austin Godfrey was another, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and one double.
The victory (which was Manteo's third in a row) raised their record to 8-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs over those games. As for Northside - Pinetown, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 3-8.
Northside - Pinetown suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Manteo in their previous matchup on March 4th. Can Northside - Pinetown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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