Baseball Recap: Summit Find Success

By Team Reports Apr 24, 2025, 9:14pm

Baseball Recap: Summit Hilltoppers vs. New Providence Pioneers

Summit won the last time they faced New Providence and things went their way on Thursday too. The Hilltoppers walked away with a 10-6 victory over the Pioneers.

Matt Mckeever

Hits (Career)

04/24/25 @ New Providence2
04/15/25 vs Cranford1
04/04/25 @ Scotch Plains-Fanwood1
04/01/25 @ Dayton1

The team relied heavily on Matt Mckeever, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Those two hits gave him a new career-high. Shane Walsh also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Summit kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.

Summit's win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 4-7. As for New Providence, they dropped their record down to 2-7 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.

Summit and New Providence could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps New Jersey Rankings. The Hilltoppers (ranked 216th) will meet Union Catholic (ranked 82nd) at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, New Providence will face off against Cranford at 4:00 p.m. on Friday with a big rank disadvantage (235 vs. 107).

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