Baseball Game Preview: Pleasantville Leaves Home

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 6:30am

Baseball Preview: Pleasantville Greyhounds vs. St. Joseph Wildcats

Pleasantville is 0-10 against St. Joseph since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Pleasantville Greyhounds will head out on the road to face off against the St. Joseph Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Pleasantville is is headed into Monday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They lost 14-2 to Atlantic County Institute of Tech.

Meanwhile, St. Joseph was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of Hammonton by a score of 8-6.

Nick Melchiore was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Cam Daly, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Pleasantville's loss dropped their record down to 7-11. As for St. Joseph, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15.

Pleasantville suffered a grim 19-1 defeat to St. Joseph when the teams last played back in April of 2022. Can Pleasantville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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