The Newton-Conover Red Devils will take on the Foard Tigers in a tournament on Monday. The timing is sure in Newton-Conover's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Foard has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Newton-Conover's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Thursday's struggle, when Maiden hitters got past them. The Red Devils lost 10-4 to the Blue Devils on Thursday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Meanwhile, Foard might've scored the first runs on Wednesday, but it was West Iredell who claimed the real prize. The Tigers fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 4-2. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly two runs.
Foard saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Setzer, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Newton-Conover's loss dropped their record down to 11-6. As for Foard, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-14.
Newton-Conover was able to grind out a solid win over Foard in their previous matchup back in February, winning 5-0. Do the Red Devils have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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