The Fort Kent Warriors will be playing at home against the Madawaska Owls at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Fort Kent sitting on four straight wins and Madawaska on three.
Fort Kent can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent game on Monday. They beat Houlton by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 16-4.
The team relied heavily on Ethan Daigle, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Caleb Lavertu, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Madawaska was able to grind out a solid victory over Washburn on Friday, taking the game 8-4.
Chris Boucher was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Boucher was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Ian Albert and Alex Querze did most of the damage at the plate: Albert scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Querze scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Andre Theriault was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Fort Kent's win bumped their record up to 10-5. As for Madawaska, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-6 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Wednesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Fort Kent has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.9 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Madawaska struggles in that department as they've been averaging 14.2. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Fort Kent skirted past Madawaska 12-10 when the teams last played back in April. Will Fort Kent repeat their success, or does Madawaska have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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