Enfield and Edwin O. Smith are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Enfield Eagles are on the road again on Monday to play the Edwin O. Smith Panthers at 3:45 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Monday, Enfield needed a bit of extra time to put away Berlin. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Redcoats 3-2.
Meanwhile, Edwin O. Smith entered their tilt with Ledyard with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Colonels with a sharp 20-5 victory on Saturday. The result was nothing new for Edwin O. Smith, who have now won seven matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Edwin O. Smith got a massive performance out of Jenna Lewis, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, five RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Jenna Moore, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI.
Enfield's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Edwin O. Smith, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season.
Enfield might still be hurting after the 9-1 defeat they got from Edwin O. Smith in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Edwin O. Smith's Olivia Lipps, who struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that Enfield 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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