West Potomac is 2-8 against West Springfield since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Wolverines will be playing at home against the Spartans at 6:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as West Potomac comes in on three and West Springfield on eight.
If West Potomac beats West Springfield with five runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Wolverines came out on top against Robinson by a score of 5-2 on Tuesday.
West Potomac got a great performance from Bennett Winkelfoos as he tossed 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Winkelfoos has become a key player for the Wolverines: the team is undefeated when he allows at most two earned runs, but 2-3 otherwise.
Killian Kenney
| 04/08/25 @ Robinson | 2 |
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On the hitting side, West Potomac saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Killian Kenney, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Those two runs gave Kenney a new career-high.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but West Springfield ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They had just enough and edged out Freedom 9-8.
West Springfield's win was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for West Potomac, their victory bumped their record up to 5-3.
West Potomac came up short against West Springfield in their previous meeting back in March, falling 10-6. Can the Wolverines avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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