Baseball Recap: Somerville Highlanders vs. Medford Mustangs
It may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Somerville ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They skirted past the Medford Mustangs 3-2. The victory was nothing new for Somerville as they're now sitting on three straight.
For Medford's part, Travers Moodie was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Medford saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Slowe, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Somerville has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Medford, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-7.
Somerville will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Everett at 4:00 p.m. Somerville's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Everett's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Medford, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Chelsea at 4:00 p.m.
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