Southern Aroostook is 10-0 against Fort Fairfield since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Southern Aroostook Warriors are on the road again to play the Fort Fairfield Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Neither Southern Aroostook nor Fort Fairfield posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Southern Aroostook will head into Monday's match out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Monday after soaring to a 15-run matchup in their last game. They fell just short of Katahdin by a score of 4-2. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Southern Aroostook has scored all season.
Southern Aroostook saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madison Shields, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Fort Fairfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 20-1 to Katahdin.
Southern Aroostook's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-1. As for Fort Fairfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Fort Fairfield's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Southern Aroostook has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 12.1 hits per game. It's a different story for Fort Fairfield, though, as they've been averaging 13.8. Given Southern Aroostook's sizable advantage in that area, Fort Fairfield will need to find a way to close that gap.
Southern Aroostook took their victory against Fort Fairfield in their previous matchup last Monday by a conclusive 23-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southern Aroostook since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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