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| 05/22/24 - Home | 1-7 L |
| 05/15/23 - Home | 4-1 W |
| 04/19/23 - Away | 5-3 W |
| 05/06/22 - Away | 9-0 W |
| 05/08/17 - Home | 11-1 W |
| + 2 more games |
Madison is 6-1 against Boothbay since May of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Bulldogs will face off against the Seahawks at 4:00 p.m. Madison will be strutting in after a victory while Boothbay will be coming in after a defeat.
Madison proved they can win big on Monday (they won by ten) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a run and slipped past Maranacook 7-6.
Xavier Estes was excellent, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.
Lisbon hit Boothbay with a four-run second inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Seahawks fell just short of the Greyhounds by a score of 6-5.
Liam Jacobs was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off only one hit. He has become a key player for Boothbay: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 1-4 otherwise. Jacobs was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, one run, and one double. That double was his first of the season.
Jacobs wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Shawn Gamage, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run. Gamage has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Tyson French also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Boothbay dropped their record down to 3-5 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Madison, they picked up their first road win, bumping their record up to 5-3.
Madison might still be hurting after the 7-1 defeat they got from Boothbay in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Can the Bulldogs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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