Baseball Preview: Gorham Rams vs. South Portland Red Riots
Gorham and South Portland are an even 4-4 against one another since June of 2015, but likely not for long. The Gorham Rams will be playing at home against the South Portland Red Riots at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Gorham: 2.7, South Portland: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Gorham is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Windham just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 4-2.
Meanwhile, South Portland narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Deering 3-2.
Gorham's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-6. As for South Portland, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6 record this season.
Gorham skirted past South Portland 2-1 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was South Portland's Andrew Heffernan, who struck out nine batters over 7.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and not a single walk). Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for Gorham to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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