The Hackensack Comets will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Clifton Mustangs at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Hackensack will be strutting in after a win while Clifton will be coming in after a defeat.
On Friday, Hackensack sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Passaic.
Meanwhile, Clifton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost an 8-6 heartbreaker at the hands of Indian Hills. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Mustangs have suffered since April 19, 2025.
Clifton saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trevor Rascher, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI and one triple. That hit marked the first that Rascher has got this season. Another was Steven Pena, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
The win got Hackensack back to even at 1-1. As for Clifton, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Everything went Hackensack's way against Clifton when the teams last played back in April of 2025, as Hackensack made off with a 13-3 victory. Do the Comets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Mustangs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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