The Hanover Hawks will take on the Scituate Sailors at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hanover is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Hanover's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Monday, when they got past Hingham's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Hawks came out on top against the Harbormen by a score of 11-8.
Dillon Aikins looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He is becoming a predictor of Hanover's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is undefeated (and 3-4 when he doesn't).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Joseph DaCosta, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Light, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Hanover always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .550. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Scituate's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Duxbury by a score of 7-6.
Scituate now has a losing record of 4-5. As for Hanover, their victory bumped their record up to 6-4.
Hanover took their win against Scituate when the teams last played back in May of 2024 by a conclusive 8-0 score. Will the Hawks repeat their success, or do the Sailors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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