Softball Game Preview: Greenfield Green Wave vs. West Boylston Lions

By Team Reports Jun 5, 2025, 10:06pm

Softball Preview: Greenfield Green Wave vs. West Boylston Lions

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Greenfield has won five straight games at home, while West Boylston has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Green Wave will welcome the Lions at 5:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Greenfield 2.2, West Boylston 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.

On Wednesday, Greenfield got the win against Millis by a conclusive 9-1. The Green Wave might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matchups by seven runs or more this season.

MacKenzie Paulin

Batters Struck Out

06/04/25 vs Millis16
06/02/25 vs Sturgis East14
05/28/25 vs Franklin County Tech16
05/24/25 vs McCann Tech6
05/16/25 vs Agawam13
+ 17 more games

MacKenzie Paulin made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 16 over seven innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts any time she's pitched this season. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Madison Lemay, who went 2-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one double. Gloria McDonald was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Greenfield was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .438. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Millis only posted a batting average of .167.

Meanwhile, West Boylston earned a 6-3 victory over Franklin County Tech on Wednesday.

West Boylston is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Greenfield, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.

Greenfield beat West Boylston 6-2 in their previous meeting back in June of 2022. Do the Green Wave have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lions turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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