After two games on the road, Noble is heading back home. They will take on the Massabesic Mustangs at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Noble is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Cheverus on Thursday and snuck past 10-8. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Noble considering their two-run performance the match before.
Tanner Filiponne was a standout: he scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Gray, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-5.
Meanwhile, Massabesic put their dominant pitcher on display in the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Portland a 2-0 shutout.
Not much got past Brady Batson, who gave up just one hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep Portland off the board. Batson has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Massabesic saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matt Letellier, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Noble's win bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Massabesic, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-5.
Noble skirted past Massabesic 2-1 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Will Noble repeat their success, or does Massabesic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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