The New Britain Golden Hurricanes will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the East Hartford Hornets at 5:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
New Britain lost 13-1 to Bristol Eastern on Friday.
Meanwhile, East Hartford fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Windsor on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 2-1. East Hartford has not had much luck with Windsor recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Izzy Brito spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on four hits. Those eight innings set a new season-high mark for her.
New Britain has been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-14 record this season. As for East Hartford, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.
New Britain came up short against East Hartford when the teams last played back in April, falling 9-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brito, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Now that New Britain knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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