For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last five times Braintree and Walpole have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Monday. The Wamps fell just short of the Timberwolves by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Wamps have lost by just one run.
Braintree dropped their record down to 9-5 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road defeats can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Walpole, their victory bumped their record up to 14-4.
Braintree wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 4-1 loss against Weymouth on the 13th. As for Walpole, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 5-3 defeat against Milton on the 13th.
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