The Norwood Mustangs will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Ashland Clockers at 4:30 p.m. Norwood will be strutting in after a victory while Ashland will be coming in after a loss.
Norwood entered their tilt with Holliston with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 7-4 on Monday.
Meanwhile, Ashland couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They fell 7-3 to Hopkinton on Monday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Ashland in their matchups with Hopkinton: they've now lost three in a row.
Ashland saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braden Pelletier, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Norwood's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Ashland, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
Norwood couldn't quite finish off Ashland in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 4-2. Thankfully for Norwood, Chris Bialzik (who pitched seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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