The Johnson Crusaders will be playing at home against the New Providence Pioneers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither Johnson nor New Providence posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Johnson finally turned things around against Woodbridge on Saturday. Johnson never let Woodbridge onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory.
Meanwhile, New Providence was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Dayton by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that New Providence has lost by just one run.
New Providence got a good showing from Vince Graziano, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, New Providence saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Robby Roth, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, New Providence didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Dayton only tossed three.
Johnson's win bumped their record up to 6-14. As for New Providence, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-13.
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