Brunswick and Smithsburg are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2015, but likely not for long. The Brunswick Railroaders will host the Smithsburg Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Brunswick is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maryland's top teams: Walkersville, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Brunswick was ranked sixth). Brunswick fell just short of Walkersville by a score of 1-0 on Monday. The Railroaders' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Smithsburg didn't have quite enough to beat Middletown on Thursday and fell 2-1.
Having lost for the first time this season, Brunswick fell to 7-1. As for Smithsburg, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Brunswick was able to grind out a solid victory over Smithsburg in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, winning 2-0. Will Brunswick repeat their success, or does Smithsburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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