Baseball Game Preview: Mountainside on Home-Turf

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The Mountainside Mavericks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Jesuit Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountainside will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.

Mountainside's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Jesuit on Wednesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crusaders. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Mountainside's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.

Cole Crossley was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out 13 batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.

Mountainside's loss dropped their record down to 6-13. As for Jesuit, their win bumped their record up to 13-7.

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