The Norwood Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Westwood Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Westwood took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Norwood, who comes in off a win.
Norwood's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Ashland as Norwood made off with a 13-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Westwood entered their contest against Hopkinton on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Westwood lost 9-2 to Hopkinton. It was the first time this season that Westwood let down their fans at home.
Bridget Mulkeen spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and eight unearned) runs on five hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Westwood saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sasha Marino, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI. Marino has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.
Norwood's win bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Westwood, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-4.
Norwood came up short against Westwood when the teams last played back in April, falling 7-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mulkeen, who struck out 11 batters over ten innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. Now that Norwood knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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