It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Pittsfield ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They skirted past the Franklin Tornadoes 9-8. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Pittsfield.
For Franklin's part, Matt Nason led a balanced group of hitters, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Nason has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kourtney Kaplan, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and two RBI.
Pittsfield's victory bumped their record up to 6-7. As for Franklin, they dropped their record down to 3-16 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Pittsfield will stay at home for another game and welcome Epping at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Epping will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Pittsfield surely won't give up without a fight. As for Franklin, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Nute at 4:00 p.m. Franklin is facing Nute at the right time seeing as Nute is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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