The South Plainfield Tigers will venture away from home to face off against the Spotswood Chargers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
While South Plainfield's win against Sayreville wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Tigers had just enough and edged out the Bombers 1-0 on Friday. The Tigers haven't had any issues with the Bombers recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive victory against them.
Michael Castagna
| 05/02/25 vs Sayreville | 7 |
| 04/26/25 vs South Brunswick | 5 |
| 04/19/25 vs Woodbridge | 3 |
| 04/03/25 @ Edison | 1 |
Michael Castagna tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Nick Irizarry, who went 1-for-3 with three stolen bases and one run. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last six games he's played.
Meanwhile, Spotswood unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Colonia by a score of 3-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Chargers have suffered since April 13th.
Spotswood saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will Buchan, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
South Plainfield's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-5. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Spotswood, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-6.
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