The all-time leading home run hitter in North Carolina Prep Softball history added to her total on Tuesday night. Mia Davidson hit three home runs as Orange swept a doubleheader over Southern Durham, 16-0 & 25-0. The Panthers are now 9-0.

Orange Catcher Mia Davidson Talks Career Home Run #44

The career leader in home run in North Carolina Prep Softball history bolstered her total on Tuesday night. Mia Davidson hit three home runs to increase her career total to 44.

The Orange baseball team currently has more cliffhangers than a soap opera block on Friday afternoon.

Orange has four games that were either rained out and are awaiting rescheduling or suspended because of weather or darkness.

Two weeks ago, Orange’s game against Northern Vance was halted in the top of the 14th inning tied 3-3. The following Friday’s game against Chapel Hill in Hillsborough was rained out.

On Wednesday, the Panthers somehow completed five innings in a regularly scheduled game against East Chapel Hill before it was suspended because of rain. The Wildcats led 2-1 at the time of the stoppage. That game will be completed on Monday afternoon in Hillsborough, followed by another game between East and Orange that was rained out in March.

The Panthers are  4-5, 2-1 in the Big 8 after beating Southern 7-1 on Tuesday. Orange trailed 1-0 before a 4-run 3rd inning. Shortstop Joey Berini singled to right field to score freshman right fielder Cooper Porter. Jaydin Poteat, who singled to center earlier in the inning, scored off a throwing error to give Orange the lead for good. Berini scored off a wild pitch. Second baseman Jason Slaughter walked, and eventually scored off a sacrifice fly by Caige Clayton.

In the 4th, catcher Ryan Puckett, returning after suffering an injury to his right hand, walked. Rodney Brooks replaced Puckett as a courtesy runner, and Porter followed with his first career RBI on a line drive down the right field line, scoring Brooks easily.

Left fielder Dalton Brown singled to lead off the 6th. After advancing to second and third off wild pitches, Brown scored after Porter lifted a fly ball to left field that was misplayed. Slaughter earned the game’s final RBI by drawing a bases-loaded walk, plating Porter.

Orange travels to Southern tonight at 6:00.

Poteat, a senior centerfielder, helped break open Tuesday’s 6-1 victory over Southern Durham. He singled in the 3rd inning and eventually scored, one of four runs in the frame to put Orange ahead 4-1.

Orange CF Jaydin Poteat Talks Win Over Southern Durham

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Join John Rose live from Henderson for Orange vs. Northern Vance in the series finale! Live!

After dropping a game against Southern Lee two weeks ago, Orange Baseball Coach Dean Dease said he hoped his club would be a good team by April.

While the Panthers aren’t there yet, they took a forward step on Tuesday night.

Joey Berini hit a two-run single in the fifth inning, while Dalton Brown went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI as Orange (2-4, 1-0 in the Big 8) defeated Northern Vance 9-8 at Panther Field. Brown, who started in left field, came on in relief of starter Derek Lindaman for his first save.

Orange won its conference opener and ended a four-game losing streak.

The Panthers ended a 15-inning scoreless streak by scoring four runs in the first frame. After leadoff batter Jaydin Poteat walked, right fielder Rodney Brooks slammed a two-run homer to left center, his first varsity dinger. Following a single by second baseman Jason Slaughter, first baseman Eric Nichols laced a RBI triple to right field. Brown followed with a two-out single to right, scoring Nichols.

After the Vikings scored two runs in the 2nd, the Panthers extended its lead to 6-2 in the 3rd inning when Brown singled off a Baltimore chop over the head of Vikings third baseman Chris Stainback, scoring Slaughter and Noah Rogers, who doubled earlier in the inning.

Northern Vance narrowed the gap to 6-5 after scoring three runs in the 5th after three Orange errors.

The Panthers came right back with three more runs in the bottom of the inning. After Caige Clayton drew a one-out walk, Nichols reached on an infield single. Both runners advanced off a throwing error. Catcher Dylan Hall was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Berini hit a bouncer over second base that found its way into centerfield to score Clayton and Brown. With Cooper Porter running for Hall, Poteat reached on an infield single, leading to a throwing error that scored Porter to put Orange ahead 9-5.

Northern Vance never quit, scoring two more runs in the sixth and another in the seventh. After shortstop Payne Harris scored off a Qwadre Hanks RBI groudout, the Vikings cuts Orange’s lead to 9-8 with two out in the seventh. Brown struck out Ryan Stainback to end the game.

Orange travels to Northern Vance on Friday at 4:30. You can hear that game here on HillsboroughSports.com.