North Iredell lost against West Iredell back in March, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The North Iredell Raiders fell just short of the West Iredell Warriors by a score of 4-3. That's two games in a row now that North Iredell has lost by just one run.
Cody Hager was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Hager was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
Hager wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Xavier Burgess, who went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases.
This is the second loss in a row for North Iredell and nudges their season record down to 5-7. As for West Iredell, their win bumped their record up to 5-9.
North Iredell will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Hickory at 7:00 p.m. As for West Iredell, they will head out on the road to face off against Statesville at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. West Iredell is facing Statesville at the right time seeing as Statesville is stuck on a nine-game losing streak.
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