Baseball Preview: South Burlington Wolves vs. Essex Hornets
South Burlington and Essex are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The South Burlington Wolves have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Essex Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. South Burlington's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Essex's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Essex is facing South Burlington at the wrong time: South Burlington suffered their first home loss of the season on Saturday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 4-2. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs South Burlington has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Essex made easy work of Bellows Free Academy on Saturday and carried off a 13-3 win.
Having lost for the first time this season, South Burlington fell to 4-1. As for Essex, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
South Burlington came out on top in a nail-biter against Essex in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, sneaking past 3-1. Does South Burlington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Essex turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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