After two games on the road, Sandwich is heading back home. They will take on the Hiawatha Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sandwich can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Woodstock a 15-0 shutout. While fans of Sandwich might be used to big wins, the 15-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Not much got past Brooklyn Marks, who gave up just three hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Woodstock off the board. Marks has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Alexis Sinetos was incredible, scoring a run while going 4-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Johanna Freemon, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Hiawatha came into Thursday's contest having lost six straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They blew past Alden-Hebron 20-4. Hiawatha's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Sandwich's victory bumped their record up to 12-6. As for Hiawatha, their win ended a six-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-12.
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