Several area baseball teams made schedule adjustments, moving up late-week games to earlier because of the potential for wet weather last week.
Southwestern Randolph and Uwharrie Charter Academy split two games in the Four Rivers Conference on back-to-back days.
Southwestern Randolph won 12-3 at home with Elijah Sykes homering and Logan Weidman pitching a complete game with 11 strikeouts.
UCA bounced back to win 4-3 at home on Jake Hunter’s six-hitter and Wilson Bowswell’s go-ahead hit. Sykes struck out 10 batters in defeat.
** Eastern Randolph fell 1-0 at Northwood in the Four Rivers Conference.
In the rematch, Eastern Randolph’s Carlos Cordero drove in two runs as the host Wildcats rallied for a 10-6 victory. Maddox Dunn was the winning pitcher in relief.
Earlier in the week, Landon Albright pitched a complete game and Eastern Randolph was boosted by three hits and three runs scored by Miles Cox in a 9-4 victory against visiting Southeast Guilford. Dunn and Chance Holdaway both drove in three runs.
** Asheboro hammered visiting Eastern Guilford 15-0, scoring 12 first-inning runs. Shane Immel and Justin Guerrero had big hits. The rematch in Gibsonville was postponed until this week.
Asheboro pitchers Daniel Jaimes, Sam Gore and Gavin Allen racked up a total of 13 strikeouts in a 6-0 victory at Wheatmore. Gore drove in two runs.
** Randleman swept a Piedmont Athletic Conference home doubleheader from High Point Andrews by scores of 13-0 and 19-0.
Lincoln Lawson had two triples in the first game and Jake Riddle had four hits in the second game. Ricky Romano and Lawson combined for the first shutout and Ashton Poe and Collin Culler handled the Game 2 pitching.
Riddle pitched a shutout and Randleman scored on Kyle Dillow’s two-run single in the fifth inning in Friday’s 2-0 victory at Southeast Guilford.
** Providence Grove rallied past host Surry Central for a 4-3 victory after three season-opening defeats. Winning pitcher Colin Duvall had two hits.
** Trinity went to Western Alamance and pulled out a 4-3 victory, with Lincoln Coble the winning pitcher and Grayson Fauber recording the final out for a save. Brody Little had two hits and scored a run.
Fauber had three hits and Peyton Williams pitched six innings when Trinity topped visiting Forbush 7-3 on Friday.
