Baseball Game Preview: Wall Township Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 4:00am

Baseball Preview: Wall Township Crimson Knights vs. St. John-Vianney Lancers

The Wall Township Crimson Knights will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the St. John-Vianney Lancers at 3:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wall Township has three straight victories, St. John-Vianney has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

St. John-Vianney's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Wall Township had not allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. Wall Township's pitchers stepped up to hand Holmdel a 2-0 shutout on Monday.

Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but St. John-Vianney had to settle for a 7-6 defeat against Ranney on Tuesday.

Wall Township is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for St. John-Vianney, their loss dropped their record down to 6-12.

Wall Township took their win against St. John-Vianney in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 13-0. Does Wall Township have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. John-Vianney turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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