Newington and Rocky Hill are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2017, but likely not for long. The Newington Nor'easters will head out on the road to square off against the Rocky Hill Terriers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Newington will head into Monday's match on the come-up: they were handed a six-run defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Conard on Monday. Newington skirted past Conard 3-1.
Abby GreAves spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on two hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Newington's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Aniyah Ross, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Kiley Connor?S, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, while Rocky Hill put up some runs on Friday, the same can't be said for East Hartford. Rocky Hill put the hurt on East Hartford with a sharp 10-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Rocky Hill considering their two-run performance the game before.
Newington's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-11. As for Rocky Hill, their victory bumped their record up to 7-10.
Newington came up short against Rocky Hill when the teams last played back in April, falling 8-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rocky Hill's Ally Killoran, who went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Now that Newington knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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