The Westhill Vikings will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Danbury Hatters at 12:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Westhill's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Ridgefield on Wednesday. Their tough 7-0 loss to the Tigers might stick with them for a while. Having soared to a lofty 18 runs in the game before, Westhill's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Danbury also failed to score in their most recent game. They fell 4-0 to Ludlowe on Wednesday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Danbury in their matchups with Ludlowe: they've now lost three in a row.
Danbury got a good showing from Dustin Pitti, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Westhill's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Danbury, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3.
Westhill couldn't quite finish off Danbury in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 and fell 4-2. Thankfully for Westhill, Jacob Ditscher (who struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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