Baseball Preview: Point Pleasant Beach Garnet Gulls vs. Asbury Park Bishops
Point Pleasant Beach is 10-0 against Asbury Park since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Point Pleasant Beach Garnet Gulls will be playing at home against the Asbury Park Bishops at 3:45 p.m. The timing is sure in Point Pleasant Beach's favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while Asbury Park has been banged up by 15 consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Point Pleasant Beach stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They never let Manchester Township onto the board and left with a 12-0 victory.
Antonio Acevedo and Carson Pfeifer did most of the damage at the plate: Acevedo got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base, while Pfeifer scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of DANIEL STORCH, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Asbury Park's offense. They lost 11-0 to Henry Hudson on Friday.
Point Pleasant Beach's win bumped their record up to 16-1. As for Asbury Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Everything went Point Pleasant Beach's way against Asbury Park in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Point Pleasant Beach made off with a 20-0 victory. Will Point Pleasant Beach repeat their success, or does Asbury Park have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
