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| 04/30/24 - Home | 12-0 W |
| 05/09/23 - Away | 5-1 W |
| 05/09/18 - Home | 4-3 W |
| 05/10/17 - Away | 12-3 W |
| 05/06/16 - Home | 14-0 W |
Salem has gone a perfect 5-0 against Merrimack recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Blue Devils will square off against the Tomahawks at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Salem is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Hampshire's top teams: Timberlane, who was ranked 20th at the time (Salem was ranked 21st). The Blue Devils blew past the Owls 11-3 on Wednesday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Meanwhile, Merrimack had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it ten on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Titans a 21-0 shutout. The Tomahawks' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Salem is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Merrimack, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4-1.
Everything went Salem's way against Merrimack in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as Salem made off with a 12-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Blue Devils since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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