Baseball Game Preview: Eastern Vikings vs. Haddon Heights Garnets

The Eastern Vikings will head out to square off against the Haddon Heights Garnets at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Eastern will be strutting in after a victory while Haddon Heights will be coming in after a defeat.

Eastern's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over Camden Catholic. The Vikings haven't had any issues with the Fighting Irish recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.

Meanwhile, Haddon Heights fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Audubon on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Green Wave by a score of 8-7. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Haddon Heights saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kevin Clark, who went 2-for-5 with two runs and one RBI. Jaxon Motta also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.

Haddon Heights' loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-4. As for Eastern, their win bumped their record up to 10-8-1.