The Old Orchard Beach Seagulls will head out on the road to challenge the Richmond Bobcats at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Old Orchard Beach is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Sacopee Valley on Friday. They fell just short of the Hawks by a score of 3-1. The defeat continues a trend for Old Orchard Beach in their matchups with Sacopee Valley: they've now lost six in a row.
Meanwhile, Richmond unfortunately witnessed the end of their 11-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Old Orchard Beach. Having soared to a lofty 25 runs in the game before, Richmond couldn't push the score so high this time.
Richmond saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenny Mecham, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Old Orchard Beach's loss dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Richmond, their defeat ended an 11-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 11-1.
Old Orchard Beach beat Richmond 5-1 in their previous meeting on Monday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Old Orchard Beach since the team 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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