Fort Fairfield has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Hodgdon Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Fort Fairfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Katahdin, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Fort Fairfield was ranked 25th). Fort Fairfield fell 9-4 to Katahdin on Friday.
Meanwhile, Hodgdon had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Panthers 12-11.
Daniel Henderson made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Henderson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last four games he's played.
In other batting news, Hodgdon got a big performance out of Oisin Gardiner, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4. Reiley Wright was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-3.
Fort Fairfield's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-2. As for Hodgdon, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2.
Fort Fairfield came up short against Hodgdon when the teams last played on May 2nd, falling 8-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hodgdon's Michael Fitzpatrick, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Now that Fort Fairfield knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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