Baseball Preview: Fort Fairfield Tigers vs. Ashland Hornets
Fort Fairfield has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Ashland Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Fort Fairfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Katahdin, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Fort Fairfield was ranked 25th). Fort Fairfield fell 9-4 to Katahdin on Friday.
Meanwhile, Ashland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 14-2 to Madawaska.
Fort Fairfield's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-2. As for Ashland, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Fort Fairfield took their victory against Ashland in their previous meeting on May 6th by a conclusive 25-5. Will Fort Fairfield repeat their success, or does Ashland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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