The Penobscot Valley Howlers will head out to face off against the Woodland Dragons at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Penobscot Valley has 11 straight wins, Woodland has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Penobscot Valley's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Bangor Christian 11-0. The result was nothing new for the Howlers, who have now won ten contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on Lila Cummings, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and two RBI. Nicole Solomon also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
Penobscot Valley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .559 or higher in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Woodland came up short against Machias on Wednesday, falling 10-1.
Penobscot Valley pushed their record up to 11-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team's won by an average of 9 runs thus far. As for Woodland, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.
Everything went Penobscot Valley's way against Woodland when the teams last played last Wednesday, as Penobscot Valley made off with a 15-4 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Howlers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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