Baseball Preview: Scarborough Red Storm vs. South Portland Red Riots
Scarborough and South Portland are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2016, but likely not for long. The Scarborough Red Storm will be playing in front of their home fans against the South Portland Red Riots at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Scarborough will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
If Scarborough beats South Portland with three runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Scarborough's pitchers stepped up to hand Gorham a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Scarborough has won by exactly three runs.
Scarborough got a great performance from Ryan Shugars as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Scarborough's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lewis Moynihan, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, South Portland faced Portland in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. South Portland came out on top against Portland by a score of 9-6.
Scarborough pushed their record up to 5-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for South Portland, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Scarborough couldn't quite finish off South Portland when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 5-3. Will Scarborough have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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