The Eastern Vikings will face off against the Toms River North Mariners on Wednesday. Toms River North took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Eastern, who comes in off a win.
Eastern's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Friday, when they got past Pennsauken's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Vikings blew past the Indians 12-2. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Toms River North started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Middletown South. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 4-3 on Wednesday. The Mariners have struggled against the Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Toms River North got a good showing from Jayden Luongo, who tossed 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Luongo also tossed a walk, which is notable because the Mariners are 2-1 when he allows at most two walks, but 8-11 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Toms River North saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Vin Vergona, who went 1-for-2 with one run.
The victory made it two in a row for Eastern and bumps their season record up to 13-9-1. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Toms River North, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-12.
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