Scarborough and Portland are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Scarborough Red Storm will head out on the road to square off against the Portland Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Scarborough is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Scarborough will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 11) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Kennebunk out 5-3.
Scarborough got a great performance from Erik Swenson as he struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Swenson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Tyler Archambault was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Portland's offense. They lost 8-0 to Gorham on Monday. Portland has not had much luck with Gorham recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Scarborough's victory bumped their record up to 14-1. As for Portland, their loss dropped their record down to 4-11.
Scarborough came out on top in a nail-biter against Portland when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Scarborough since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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