The East Side Red Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Newark Academy Minutemen at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, East Side finally turned things around against Weequahic on Tuesday. Everything went East Side's way against Weequahic as East Side made off with a 15-2 victory.
Meanwhile, Newark Academy waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Buccaneers by a score of 4-1.
Newark Academy's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jack DiVirgillio, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ryan Zhu, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
East Side's record is now 2-5. As for Newark Academy, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
East Side suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Newark Academy when the teams last played on April 5th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newark Academy's David Guadiane, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Now that East Side knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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