The Hackensack Comets will head out to square off against the Emerson Cavaliers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hackensack has three straight victories, Emerson has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Wednesday, Hackensack had just enough and edged out Eastside 4-3.
Luis Hernandez
| 04/01/26 vs Eastside | 5 |
| 05/08/25 vs Nutley | 3 |
| 04/30/25 vs Ridgewood | 2 |
| 04/26/25 vs Teaneck | 2 |
| 04/10/25 @ Pascack Valley | 2 |
Luis Hernandez looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Hackensack saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Darius Pemberton, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one stolen base and one RBI. Jose Urena was another, going 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Emerson couldn't beat New Milford on Thursday even though they stacked four runs on them in the fifth inning. The Cavaliers came up short against the Knights, falling 14-5. That's two games in a row now that the Cavaliers have lost by exactly nine runs.
Hackensack's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Emerson, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4-1.
Hackensack came out on top in a nail-biter against Emerson when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Comets repeat their success, or do the Cavaliers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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