The West Deptford Eagles will head out to challenge the Decatur Seahawks at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (West Deptford 3.3, Decatur 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
West Deptford is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Haddonfield just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Bulldawgs by a score of 3-2.
West Deptford saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jason Hartman, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI. That double was Hartman's first of the season.
Meanwhile, Decatur had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.6 runs) and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Warriors a 19-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Seahawks, who have now won eight contests by eight runs or more so far this season.
Decatur pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for West Deptford, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
West Deptford might still be hurting after the 8-0 loss they got from Decatur in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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