After flying high against NCSSM: Durham last Monday, Falls Lake came back down to earth. The Falls Lake Firebirds fell just short of the South Granville Vikings by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. Falls Lake has struggled against South Granville recently, as their game on Wednesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Micah Smith was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a double.
On South Granville's side, their victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jojo Morris, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Falls Lake's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for South Granville, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Falls Lake will take on Franklin Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Franklin Academy has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.18 runs per game on average), something Falls Lake will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for South Granville, they will head out on the road to take on Carrboro at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. South Granville's pitching crew has only allowed 1.6 runs per game this season, so Carrboro's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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