Baseball Game Preview: Madawaska Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 2:24am

Baseball Preview: Madawaska Owls vs. Ashland Hornets

Madawaska has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Ashland Hornets at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Madawaska lost 8-2 to Katahdin on Friday. Madawaska has not had much luck with Katahdin recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.

Nick Poitras made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole four bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

Meanwhile, Ashland is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 25-5 to Fort Fairfield on Monday.

Madawaska's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Ashland, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.

Everything went Madawaska's way against Ashland in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Madawaska made off with a 17-4 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Madawaska since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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