Minford waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They never let the Portsmouth Trojans onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for Minford, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
For Portsmouth's part, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Malachi Loper, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Minford has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Portsmouth, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-5.
Coincidentally, the pair will both be playing North Adams the next time they take the field. Portsmouth will head out to face North Adams at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, while Minford will host them at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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