The Natick Redhawks will challenge the Brookline Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Natick will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last five times Natick and Needham have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Monday. The Redhawks came out on top against the Rockets by a score of 5-2.
Braintree hit Brookline with a five-run seventh inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Warriors fell just short of the Wamps by a score of 10-9.
Nikolai Rabiner was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Brookline saw nine different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hugh Bolinger, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Felix Ham was another, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with three RBI and one double.
Brookline has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-10 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Natick, their victory bumped their record up to 13-2-1.
Natick came out on top in a nail-biter against Brookline in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 9-7. Do the Redhawks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Warriors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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