Sam Laws came off the bench and never even had to swing his bat as Laws reached on a in the five to lead the Statesville Owls (19-16) to a 2-0 win over the Carolina Vipers (10-25) on Saturday at East Mecklenburg HS.

With the Statesville Owls leading by one in the fifth inning,.

Zack Wiseman pitched lights out for the Statesville Owls. Wiseman held the Carolina Vipers hitless over four innings, allowed no earned runs, walked six and struck out four.

The Statesville Owls had no answer for Ryan Mulligan, who kept runners off the basepaths in his appearance. The Statesville Owls managed just four hits off of the the Carolina Vipers' pitcher, who allowed no earned runs, walked two and struck out two during his five innings of work.

Mulligan (0-3) took the loss for the Carolina Vipers.