The Ashland Hornets will head out on the road to face off against the Hodgdon Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ashland will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Ashland will head into Monday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a seven-run defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Southern Aroostook on Monday. Ashland narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Southern Aroostook 18-16. Ashland's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, Hodgdon unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of Madawaska by a score of 6-4. Hodgdon has not had much luck with Madawaska recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Ashland's victory ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-6. As for Hodgdon, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
Ashland might still be hurting after the 25-3 defeat they got from Hodgdon when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hodgdon's David Tuttle, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Now that Ashland knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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