Maloney is 0-4 against Newington since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Maloney Spartans are on the road again to play the Newington Nor'easters at 3:45 p.m. Maloney's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Newington's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Maloney's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-0 win over Platt.
Maloney saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Duffy, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Duffy has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Newington entered their matchup against RHAM on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Newington fell just short of RHAM by a score of 7-5. It was the first time this season that Newington let down their fans at home.
Maloney is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5 record this season. As for Newington, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-3.
Maloney might still be hurting after the 12-2 loss they got from Newington when the teams last played back in May of 2019. Can Maloney avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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