The Stonington Bears will venture away from home to challenge the Ledyard Colonels at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Stonington is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
Wheeler hit Stonington with a four-run seventh inning on Saturday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Bears fell just short of the Lions by a score of 5-4. The Bears' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Jacob Schrage made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with two RBI and one run. Another player making a difference was Cam Ogden, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Ledyard waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged out the Whippets 2-0.
Not much got past Jake Nenna, who gave up just a hit and racked up nine Ks to keep Windham off the board. Nenna has become a key player for Ledyard: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 3-6 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Ledyard's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Sam Dunsmore, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run. Dunsmore is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played.
Ledyard's win bumped their record up to 5-7. As for Stonington, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-4.
Stonington came out on top in a nail-biter against Ledyard when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 5-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bears since the squad 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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