Baseball Preview: Cliffside Park Raiders vs. Wood-Ridge Blue Devils
Cliffside Park is 0-6 against Wood-Ridge since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Cliffside Park Raiders are on the road again to play the Wood-Ridge Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m.
Cliffside Park lost 9-1 to Passaic Valley on Thursday.
Cliffside Park saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Victor Freytas, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Meanwhile, Wood-Ridge came into Tuesday's game having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They were the clear victor by a 10-2 margin over Garfield on Tuesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Wood-Ridge considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Salvatore Catanzaro made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Catanzaro was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-5.
In other batting news, Nick Scalera and Christopher Castellano did most of the damage at the plate: Scalera scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Castellano went 1-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jared Montoya, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Cliffside Park's loss dropped their record down to 6-14-1. As for Wood-Ridge, their record now sits at 11-9.
Cliffside Park suffered a grim 12-5 defeat to Wood-Ridge in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Cliffside Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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