The Norton Lancers will head out on the road to square off against the Bellingham Blackhawks at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Things were looking good for Norton after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Case.
Meanwhile, Bellingham didn't have quite enough to beat Millis on Monday and fell 3-1. Bellingham has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Bellingham got a good showing from CJ Fama, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Bellingham saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Maiorano, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Norton has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last ten matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-12 record this season. As for Bellingham, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
Norton suffered a grim 13-1 defeat to Bellingham in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bellingham's Tyler Ladouceur, who didn't allow a single earned run over 5.2 innings pitched. Now that Norton 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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