The Nashoba Regional Wolves are taking a road trip to challenge the Marlborough Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Nashoba Regional's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Marlborough's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Nashoba Regional is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Shrewsbury on Monday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Colonials. The Wolves have struggled against the Colonials recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.
Aaron Ethier was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off four hits.
At the plate, Nashoba Regional saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Carter, who went 1-for-3 with one double. That double was Carter's first of the season.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Marlborough and Westborough meet (four straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Monday. The Panthers fell just short of the Rangers by a score of 7-6.
Nashoba Regional now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Marlborough, their record now sits at 1-5.
Nashoba Regional beat Marlborough 4-1 when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Will the Wolves repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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