The Oceanside Mariners will be playing at home against the Waterville Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither Oceanside nor Waterville posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Oceanside will head into Wednesday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Lawrence on Wednesday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the six-run loss they were dealt on Monday. Oceanside fell just short of Lawrence by a score of 4-2. Oceanside has struggled against Lawrence recently, as their match on Wednesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Jacob Watkinson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Oceanside saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Levi Philbrook, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Waterville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost 14-0 to Cony.
Oceanside's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-5. As for Waterville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.
Everything went Oceanside's way against Waterville in their previous matchup back in April as Oceanside made off with a 13-5 win. Does Oceanside have another victory up their sleeve, or will Waterville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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