After two games on the road, Dirigo is heading back home. They will take on the Hall-Dale Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Dirigo and Hall-Dale are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads.
Dirigo is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They took a 10-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lisbon on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Hall-Dale entered their tilt with Boothbay with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Seahawks by a score of 4-1 on Monday.
Eben Austin spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, Hall-Dale saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Breton Lucas, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Dirigo's defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-12. As for Hall-Dale, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Dirigo might still be hurting after the 18-1 loss they got from Hall-Dale in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hall-Dale's Noah Longfellow, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Now that Dirigo 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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