Baseball Preview: Ashland Clockers vs. Medfield Warriors
Ashland is 2-8 against Medfield since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Ashland Clockers will head out on the road to square off against the Medfield Warriors at 4:00 p.m. Ashland will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
On Friday, Ashland narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Bellingham 8-7.
Ashland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Oliver Laruea, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Devin O'Brien, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Medfield's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Medway on Thursday. Medfield has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Luke Gobin was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-3 with two doubles.
Even though they lost, Medfield was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. That's the most doubles they've managed all season.
Ashland's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4. As for Medfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
Ashland suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Medfield in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Ashland, Jack Collins (who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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