The Liberty Lions will be playing at home against the Toms River North Mariners at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Liberty's hitters might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Matawan Regional on Saturday. They lost 6-0 to the Huskies.
Meanwhile, Toms River North came up short against Marlboro on Tuesday and fell 8-5. That's two games in a row now that Toms River North has lost by exactly three runs.
Matt Petrocelli was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off eight hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings every time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Vinny Vergona made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Liberty's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-7. As for Toms River North, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-10-1.
Liberty was able to grind out a solid victory over Toms River North when the teams last played back in May of 2017, winning 7-2. Does Liberty have another victory up their sleeve, or will Toms River North turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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