The Brewster Bears will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Somers Tuskers at 4:45 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Saturday, everything went Brewster's way against Rye as Brewster made off with a 16-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Brewster.
Meanwhile, Somers put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Yorktown an 11-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Somers sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Emily Boyle made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Boyle has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Boyle was also big at the plate, going 2-for-5 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Somers let Katherine Papa and Caitlin Fitts loose on the outfield. Papa went 3-for-4 with five RBI, two runs, and a double, while Fitts scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Katie Cole was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
Brewster's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-5. As for Somers, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Brewster suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Somers in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Boyle, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that Brewster knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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