Baseball Game Preview: Cape Elizabeth Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 14, 2024, 6:14am

Baseball Preview: Cape Elizabeth Capers vs. Poland Knights

Cape Elizabeth is 7-1-1 against Poland since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Cape Elizabeth Capers will be staying on the road to face off against the Poland Knights at 4:00 p.m. Cape Elizabeth's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Poland's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Cape Elizabeth is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Greely, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Cape Elizabeth was ranked 15th). Cape Elizabeth fell just short of Greely by a score of 7-5 on Monday.

Cape Elizabeth saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andy Choi, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.

Meanwhile, while Poland put up some runs on Monday, the same can't be said for Lake Region. Poland came out on top against Lake Region by a score of 3-0 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).

Cape Elizabeth's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Poland, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4.

Cape Elizabeth skirted past Poland 3-2 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cape Elizabeth since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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