Andover has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Blaine Bengals at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Andover will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Andover is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Duluth East an 11-0 shutout. Considering Andover has won nine matchups by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Megan Surgenor was incredible, going 2-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Laci Heppell, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Blaine beat Jefferson 5-0 last Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Blaine.
Andover has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. As for Blaine, their win bumped their record up to 14-7.
Andover couldn't quite finish off Blaine in their previous meeting last Tuesday and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blaine's Emmie Sylvia-Cochran, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over seven innings pitched. Now that Andover knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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