Wilmington’s Sam Nichols has three homeruns this week, six HRs for the season and 14 RBI in his last six games.
WILMINGTON — Fayetteville scored three runs in the final two innings Thursday and defeated Wilmington 5-4 in non-league baseball.
The Hurricane (10-11) led 4-2 going to the sixth. The Rockets scored one in the sixth then two in the seventh to win it.
Sam Nichols, who pitched the final six innings with nine strikeout, also belted his sixth homerun of the season in the loss. He has three homeruns this week for the Hurricane. In his last five games Nichols, a senior, has 14 runs batted in.
Jayden Tackett is riding a six-game hitting streak and collected three more singles in this one. He is 11-for-18 during the streak and is hitting .508 for the year.
Jake Stephens had a hit and drove in two runs. Keenan Milliner and Landon Flint also had hits.
WHS had walked eight and committed four errors which led to three unearned runs.
