Fort Fairfield is 0-10 against Southern Aroostook since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Fort Fairfield Tigers will look to defend their home field against the Southern Aroostook Warriors at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Fort Fairfield is is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Wednesday. They lost 20-1 to Katahdin.
Meanwhile, Southern Aroostook unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of Katahdin by a score of 4-2. Southern Aroostook was red-hot at the plate headed into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the five games prior) but Katahdin's pitchers proved too tough.
Southern Aroostook saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madison Shields, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
Fort Fairfield's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Southern Aroostook, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 7-1.
Friday's contest will be a test for both team's pitchers. Fort Fairfield hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .469. However, it's not like Southern Aroostook struggles in that department as they've averaged .443. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Fort Fairfield might still be hurting after the 23-1 loss they got from Southern Aroostook when the teams last played last Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southern Aroostook's Olivia Ellingwood, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Now that Fort Fairfield knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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