Baseball Game Recap: Belleville Gets the Win

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 6:42pm

Baseball Recap: Belleville Buccaneers vs. West Orange Mountaineers

After losing to West Orange the last time they met, Belleville decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Belleville Buccaneers had just enough and edged the West Orange Mountaineers out 4-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for Belleville.

For West Orange's part, Matthew Schaefer was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off two hits.

At the plate, West Orange saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jordan Jackson, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.

Belleville is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7-1 record this season. As for West Orange, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-10.

Belleville will have a chance to go back-to-back against West Orange: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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