The West Boylston Lions will head out on the road to face off against the Gardner Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. West Boylston's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Gardner's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
West Boylston easily dispatched Murdock on Wednesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Lions fell just short of Maynard by a score of 3-1 on Friday. The match marked the Lions' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, Gardner had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They walked away with an 8-5 win over the Warriors.
Gardner pushed their record up to 9-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for West Boylston, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 6-3.
West Boylston couldn't quite finish off Gardner in their previous meeting back in April and fell 5-3. Can the Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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