Baseball Preview: Bordentown Scotties vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro North Knights
Bordentown has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the West Windsor-Plainsboro North Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bordentown will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Monday, then bounced right back against Pennington on Wednesday. Bordentown's pitcher stepped up to hand Pennington a 10-0 shutout.
Luke Guire and Nick Carlini did most of the damage at the plate: Guire scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Carlini scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Conor Bell, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, West Windsor-Plainsboro North had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Blue Devils with a sharp 8-1 win.
Adithya Satav made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off ten hits (and not a single walk). Satav was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jonathan Skelton-Leon, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Chase Lau was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases.
Bordentown is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for West Windsor-Plainsboro North, their victory bumped their record up to 9-12.
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