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Dixon Pitches Gem, But Stoughton High Baseball Falls to North Attleboro 2-0

The Black Knights lose at home to the Red Rocketeers, but received a strong performance on the mound from Mike Dixon.

The was in action Tuesday afternoon, making up Monday's tilt against North Attleboro which was postponed due to rain. Coming into the game the Knights could not of asked for a better pitching performance from junior Mike Dixon, but unfortunately for Stoughton that was not enough to propel them to the 4 win mark.

Dixon, who made his second start of the season, did not allow a run until the 6th inning when North Attleboro scored on a double to center field. 

The Rocketeers added a second run off sophomore Pat Raeke in the 7th inning, which was more then enough for North Attleboro, who received a complete game shutout from their starting pitcher.

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With the 2-0 loss, Stoughton falls to 3-6, snapping a . is 6-1.

Stoughton junior captain Pat Jackman said, "Mike pitched great for us today. He did exactly what we needed him to do, which was to go out pitch strikes and not allow them many base runners. We let him down today giving him a loss on a game in which if we could string together more than 3 hits we would of won. Going forward we need to win these types of games if we are going to get into the tournament."

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Senior Jamie Connors added, "If Dixon can continue to throw the ball this well we are going to be a real successful team. The bats are going to start to heat up and we will give him a little run support. The key is to keep our heads up and try to take the next one. Mike is a strong kid he will keep his head high and continue to pitch well for us."

The Black Knights will try and pick up that fourth win at Sharon Wednesday afternoon, before hosting Canton Friday in Stoughton.

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