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Photo Gallery: Melrose Baseball Falls to Reading
The Melrose High baseball team lost to Reading, 7-3, on Wednesday at Pine Banks Park.
The last meeting between the Melrose and Reading High baseball teams took eight innings to decide. In the end, a Dan Riordan home run gave the Red Raiders the 4-3 win over their arch rivals in the Middlesex League.
On Wednesday at Pine Banks Park however, it was all Reading as the Rockets beat Melrose 7-3 to avenge their April 26 loss.
The Red Raiders now sit at 11-5 overall and are now second in the league at 10-3, while Reading inched a little closer to the top of the standings with a 9-3 record.
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Melrose returns to action with a 10:30 a.m. game at Stoneham on Saturday while Reading will be at Lexington at 10 .m. on Saturday in Cooperstown, N.Y.
