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| 05/17/24 - Home | 7-1 W |
| 04/24/24 - Away | 5-1 W |
| 05/18/23 - Away | 8-5 W |
| 04/26/23 - Home | 5-2 W |
| 05/22/22 - Away | 9-4 W |
| + 5 more games |
Peabody Veterans Memorial is 8-2 against Gloucester since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Tanners will host the Fishermen at 10:00 a.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
While Peabody Veterans Memorial's win against Bishop Fenwick wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Tanners had just enough and edged out the Crusaders 7-6. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Lizzy Bettencourt and Taylor King did most of the damage at the plate: Bettencourt went 1-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI, while King went 3-for-4 with one home run and two runs. Liv Guarino was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one home run.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Peabody Veterans Memorial kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Gloucester strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Georgetown 5-3. Five seems to be a good number for the Fishermen as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Gloucester pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average this season. As for Peabody Veterans Memorial, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Everything went Peabody Veterans Memorial's way against Gloucester in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Peabody Veterans Memorial made off with a 7-1 win. Will the Tanners repeat their success, or do the Fishermen have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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