Baseball Preview: Ridgewood Rebels vs. Elmwood Park Tigers
Ridgewood is 9-1 against Elmwood Park since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Ridgewood Rebels will head out on the road to challenge the Elmwood Park Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Ridgewood will head into Tuesday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 9-2 walloping at the hands of Latin.
Jerry O'Reilly made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Elmwood Park was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Westmont by a score of 10-8.
Zach Ennis stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: he scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Salvatore Labarbera, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Ridgewood's record is now 7-7. As for Elmwood Park, their record now sits at 3-6.
Ridgewood took their victory against Elmwood Park in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 10-3. Does Ridgewood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Elmwood Park turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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