Elmwood Park is 0-10 against Hawthorne since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Elmwood Park Crusaders will head out on the road to square off against the Hawthorne Bears at 4:00 p.m. 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.
Elmwood Park is is headed into Tuesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Saturday. They fell 6-2 to Lodi.
Lucas Thomas made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Rodriguez, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Even though they lost, Elmwood Park didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lodi only tossed four.
Meanwhile, Hawthorne fell victim to Pequannock and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 7-0 to the Golden Panthers.
Elmwood Park's loss dropped their record down to 3-17. As for Hawthorne, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 9-8.
Elmwood Park suffered a grim 14-0 defeat to Hawthorne in their previous matchup back in April of 2022. Can Elmwood Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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