Needham had lost three straight at home, but on Monday they dropped their record down to 2-9 to make it four. They fell just short of the Weymouth Wildcats by a score of 4-3. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Wildcats this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 11-1 back in April.
As for Weymouth, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. That's two games straight that they have won by just one run.
For Weymouth's part, they got a great performance from Liam Barr as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out 12 over 8.2 innings pitched. Those 12 strikeouts gave Barr a new career-high.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Will Pratt, who got on base in five of his six plate appearances with four stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. Those four stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Daley, who went 2-for-6 with two stolen bases, one run, and one double.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Needham will square off against rival Natick at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Weymouth is set to take on their familiar foe Braintree at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Wildcats 2.8, the Wamps 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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