Baseball Game Preview: Deering Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 17, 2024, 2:35am

Baseball Preview: Deering Rams vs. Kennebunk Rams

The Deering Rams will play host again on Saturday to welcome the Kennebunk Rams, where first pitch is scheduled at 11:00 a.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.

Deering will head into Thursday's game on the come-up: they were handed a six-run defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Bonny Eagle on Thursday. Deering sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 win over Bonny Eagle. That two run margin sets a new team best for Deering this season.

Meanwhile, Kennebunk had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Marshwood a 2-0 shutout on Thursday.

Deering's victory bumped their record up to 4-8. As for Kennebunk, their win bumped their record up to 8-4.

Deering suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Kennebunk when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Deering, Quinn MacDonald (who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.

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