The Doherty Memorial Highlanders will take on the Uxbridge Spartans at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
Doherty Memorial fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against St. Paul on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 6-5. The Highlanders have struggled against the Knights recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.
Tommy Kursonis was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Kursonis was also big at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two doubles, one triple, and two RBI. That triple was his first of the season.
Kursonis wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Pat Murray, who went 3-for-4 with one RBI. Ayron Hernandez also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Meanwhile, Uxbridge had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Pioneers a 12-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Spartans, who have now won five matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Doherty Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Uxbridge, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
Doherty Memorial was able to grind out a solid win over Uxbridge when the teams last played back in May of 2024, winning 10-7. Do the Highlanders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Spartans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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