The Union City Soaring Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Kennedy Memorial Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Union City will be strutting in after a win while Kennedy Memorial will be coming in after a loss.
On Thursday, Union City earned a 7-3 victory over Bloomfield.
Union City got a great performance from Kelyam Iglesias as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits.
At the plate, Union City let Wilme Mas Sarda and Julio Hernandez loose on the outfield. Mas Sarda scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Hernandez scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Luis Santiago, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Kennedy Memorial was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Middletown North. That's two games in a row now that Kennedy Memorial has lost by exactly three runs.
Grant Lorentzen put in work no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 7.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. Lorentzen was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Lorentzen wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Luis Pimentel-Amaro, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Union City's win bumped their record up to 13-7. As for Kennedy Memorial, they now have a losing record at 8-9.
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