The South Hadley Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Doherty Memorial Highlanders at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. South Hadley will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
South Hadley's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Longmeadow 1-0. That's two games straight that South Hadley has won by just one run.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Doherty Memorial gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. They put the hurt on South with a sharp 12-1 victory. 12 seems to be a good number for Doherty Memorial as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Frances McMahon made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over four innings pitched. McMahon has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts every time she's pitched this season. McMahon was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Alana Ladrie and Audrey Lefebvre did most of the damage at the plate: Ladrie scored two runs while going 3-for-5, while Lefebvre scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Nariah Horton was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
South Hadley's record is now 3-0. As for Doherty Memorial, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-4.
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