The Andover Golden Warriors will challenge the Bridgewater-Raynham Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Andover 2.2, Bridgewater-Raynham 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Andover is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Shrewsbury, who was ranked 11th at the time (Andover was ranked 14th). The Golden Warriors never let the Colonials get on the board and left with a 5-0 win on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Golden Warriors.
Not much got past Drew Pulsifer, who gave up just four hits to keep Shrewsbury off the board. Pulsifer has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Andover's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Will Norris, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run. Another was Chris Jaillet, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Bridgewater-Raynham had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-0 win over the Bulldogs. Winning may never get old, but the Trojans sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Andover's victory bumped their record up to 15-5. As for Bridgewater-Raynham, they now have a winning record of 12-11.
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