Yarmouth is 3-0 against Mt. Ararat since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Yarmouth Clippers will head out on the road to square off against the Mt. Ararat Eagles at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Yarmouth has three straight victories, Mt. Ararat has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Yarmouth's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Greely. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs Yarmouth has scored all year.
Not much got past Sam Lowenstein, who gave up just one hit and racked up seven Ks to keep Greely off the board. Lowenstein has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Matthew Gautreau, who scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Mt. Ararat fell victim to Cape Elizabeth and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They fell just short of the Capers by a score of 1-0.
Yarmouth's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Mt. Ararat, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Yarmouth skirted past Mt. Ararat 5-3 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Yarmouth repeat their success, or does Mt. Ararat have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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