The Easthampton/Hampshire Eagles will challenge the South Hadley Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Easthampton/Hampshire is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Easthampton/Hampshire and Hopkins Academy have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Thursday. The Eagles fell 4-1 to the Golden Hawks. That's two games in a row now that the Eagles have lost by exactly three runs.
Christian Do'onfrio put in work no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Do'onfrio was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
Do'onfrio wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Symolon, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Meanwhile, South Hadley fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Smith Vo-Tech on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 13-9 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Vikings. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Easthampton/Hampshire's loss dropped their record down to 1-9. As for South Hadley, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Easthampton/Hampshire came out on top in a nail-biter against South Hadley in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, sneaking past 5-3. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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