The Bonny Eagle Scots will venture away from home to take on the Biddeford Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Bonny Eagle has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight defeats, while Biddeford will come in with six straight victories.
On Thursday, Bonny Eagle came up short against Thornton Academy and fell 7-2.
Caleb Racicot was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up three earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Bonny Eagle saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Doughty, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run. Canaan Wood was another, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
While Biddeford didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Sanford on Thursday, sneaking past 1-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Tigers have posted against the Spartans since May 13, 2016.
Biddeford also got a great performance from Ernie Dore as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over 7.2 innings pitched.
Biddeford's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-0. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Bonny Eagle, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Bonny Eagle came up short against Biddeford when the teams last played back in April of 2024, falling 6-1. Can the Scots avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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