Baseball Preview: Point Pleasant Beach Garnet Gulls vs. Point Pleasant Boro Panthers
Point Pleasant Beach is 0-7 against Point Pleasant Boro since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Point Pleasant Beach Garnet Gulls will be playing in front of their home fans against the Point Pleasant Boro Panthers at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Point Pleasant Beach: 1.9, Point Pleasant Boro: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Point Pleasant Beach can now show off 17 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Barnegat an 8-0 shutout.
Bennett Moberg looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, DANNY LUBACH was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was NOAH BANICK, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Point Pleasant Boro was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell just short of Central Regional by a score of 2-1.
Nicholas Kowalewski was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single hit, only two earned runs while striking out eight over 5.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, Point Pleasant Boro saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bryson Kirby, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Point Pleasant Beach's win bumped their record up to 19-3. As for Point Pleasant Boro, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9.
Point Pleasant Beach came up short against Point Pleasant Boro in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, falling 5-2. Will Point Pleasant Beach have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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