South Brunswick had lost seven straight on the road dating back to last season, but on Saturday they dropped their record down to 1-12 to make it eight. They fell just short of the South Plainfield Tigers by a score of 3-2. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Tigers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 8-2 on Thursday.
South Brunswick saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Szakacs, who went 1-for-3 with one triple. Alex Katona also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
As for South Plainfield, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games.
On South Plainfield's side, they got a great performance from Michael Castagna as he pitched 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. The dominant performance also gave Castagna a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Nick Irizarry was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last three times he's played.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. South Brunswick will challenge rival Old Bridge at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, South Plainfield is set to face off against their familiar foe East Brunswick at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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