The Westmoreland Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Mt. Markham Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Westmoreland is out to stop a nine-game streak of losses at home.
Last Wednesday, Westmoreland came up short against Sauquoit Valley and fell 6-2.
Meanwhile, Mt. Markham won against Cooperstown on Wednesday with three runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Mt. Markham had just enough and edged Cooperstown out 3-1. That's two games straight that Mt. Markham has won by exactly two runs.
Nathan Pcola spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up 12 Ks.
On the hitting side, Owen Jones was excellent, going 3-for-3 with an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Caden Walker, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Westmoreland's loss dropped their record down to 6-14. As for Mt. Markham, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-4.
Westmoreland might still be hurting after the 8-2 defeat they got from Mt. Markham when the teams last played last Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mt. Markham's Wyatt Young, who struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Now that Westmoreland 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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