Woodland is 9-1 against Shead since May of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Woodland Dragons will be playing in front of their home fans against the Shead Tigers at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Woodland has five straight wins, Shead has 16 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Woodland can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Bangor Christian a 17-0 shutout. While fans of Woodland might be used to big wins, the 17-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Brooke Smith was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Smith was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while going 3-for-5. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen three or more in the last four games she's played.
In other batting news, Woodland got a massive performance out of Kaylin Hamilton, who scored three runs and stole eight bases while going 3-for-4. Hamilton hasn't dropped below two stolen bases for five straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Maygin Leighton, who scored three runs and stole seven bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Shead fell victim to Narraguagus and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They lost 14-0 to the Knights. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Shead's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Woodland pushed their record up to 5-2 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Shead, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Woodland took their win against Shead in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 24-1. Does Woodland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shead turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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