The Eastern Vikings will square off against the Pennsville Memorial Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Eastern sitting on three straight victories and Pennsville Memorial on five.
Eastern's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Camden Catholic as they made off with a 14-0 win. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Pennsville Memorial earned a 12-7 victory over Glassboro on Monday.
Cohen Petrutz was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up a single earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four RBI and one double. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Stephen Fatcher, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two RBI and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Burchfield, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three runs and one RBI.
Eastern pushed their record up to 16-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Pennsville Memorial, their win bumped their record up to 13-6.
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