Arundel and North County are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Knights at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Arundel is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Meade a 16-0 shutout on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Landyn Atherton looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
| 04/09/25 @ Meade | 3 |
| 03/28/25 vs Old Mill | 3 |
| 04/07/25 vs Southern | 2 |
| 03/26/25 @ Southern | 2 |
| 04/04/25 @ South River | 1 |
| + 2 more games |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Rowland Thursby, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Arundel's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 1-6 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Cayden Devers, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Arundel kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They are 3-1 when they post 11 or more hits.
Meanwhile, North County entered their tilt with Severn Run on Wednesday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They blew past the Wolves 9-1. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won three contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Kaiden Cummings and Mason Dorr did most of the damage at the plate: Cummings scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Dorr scored two runs while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits Dorr has posted since back in May of 2024. Logan O'Neil was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Arundel has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for North County, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
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