Baseball Preview: Bellingham Blackhawks vs. Dedham Marauders
The Bellingham Blackhawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Dedham Marauders at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bellingham will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by six) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Dover-Sherborn out 3-1.
Tyler Ladouceur was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Ladouceur has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in six consecutive pitching appearances. Ladouceur was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Ladouceur wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Josh Bouchard, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Bouchard is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, Dedham put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Everything went their way against Medway as Dedham made off with an 11-4 victory. 11 seems to be a good number for Dedham as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Bellingham's victory bumped their record up to 9-5. As for Dedham, they now have a winning record of 8-7.
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