It's been a long season for Statesville's baseball team. But even after a barrage of deflating one-run losses, the Greyhounds haven't thrown in the towel.
They're beginning to see the fruits of not giving in.
Statesville capped a 2-for-3 effort in North Piedmont 3A games this week with a 7-2 win over West Iredell Friday night. The victory avenged a 4-3 loss to the Warriors in the teams' first meeting.
Tuesday's 7-4 victory over North Iredell was also a payback win. The Raiders won the first get-together 5-3.
"We kept preaching to keep working and keep pushing," first-year Statesville head coach Chad Parker said. "We're starting to breakthrough a little bit. That's two good wins for us, especially after two tough losses to North and West."
The Greyhounds (6-11, 2-8 NPC) turned the tables on West Iredell. In the team's previous encounter it was the Warriors who rallied for the game-changing runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
On Friday, Statesville scored five times with two outs to pull away in the sixth. Left fielder Dillon Romito ignited the surge with a two-run Texas leaguer that dropped just beyond the infield dirt.
"Now that we're getting in a rhythm of winning, we're probably going to start getting more wins," Romito said.
Call the freshman naive, but ya gotta love the positive outlook.
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