The Nutley Maroon Raiders will face off against the Westwood Cardinals at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Nutley is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against St. Benedict's Prep on Friday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Gray Bees.
Nutley saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Straface, who went 1-for-4 with one RBI. Eugenio Roman also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, Westwood had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Raiders 7-5.
Cooper Smith looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Steve Klein was incredible, going 2-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. He is also on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Jack Walsh, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and two runs.
Westwood lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Nutley's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-7. As for Westwood, their victory bumped their record up to 9-5.
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