Baseball Game Preview: Westfield Heads Out

By Team Reports Apr 27, 2024, 5:59am

Baseball Preview: Westfield Blue Devils vs. Bernards Mountaineers

The Westfield Blue Devils will head out on the road to square off against the Bernards Mountaineers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Westfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season.

Westfield's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Friday, when they got past Governor Livingston's usually-dominant pitching crew. Westfield was the clear victor by a 12-5 margin over Governor Livingston. The result was nothing new for Westfield, who have now won four contests by seven runs or more so far this season.

Brady Trajkovski was incredible, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. Jake Alfano was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.

Meanwhile, Bernards won against Voorhees on Monday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. Bernards walked away with a 6-3 victory over Gill St. Bernard's. The win made it back-to-back victories for Bernards.

Westfield pushed their record up to 10-1 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Bernards, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3-1 record this season.

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