Baseball Game Preview: Point Pleasant Boro Panthers vs. Liberty Lions

For the second straight game, Point Pleasant Boro will face off against Liberty. The Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lions at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Point Pleasant Boro will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.

Point Pleasant Boro is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Liberty on Wednesday as they made off with a 14-1 victory. The win continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Lions: they've now won three in a row.

Chase Connelly looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.

Nick Carmino

Runs

04/23/25 @ Liberty	2
04/21/25 vs St. Rose	2
04/16/25 @ St. Rose	2
04/03/25 @ Toms River North	2

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nick Carmino, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs. He has become a key player for Point Pleasant Boro: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 1-5 otherwise. Another player making a difference was James Lockwood, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with two runs and two RBI.

The victory got Point Pleasant Boro back to even at 5-5. As for Liberty, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-7.