For the first time this season, East Side will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will host the East Orange Campus Jaguars at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. East Side will be strutting in after a victory while East Orange Campus will be coming in after a loss.
East Side barely beat Newark Central the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Red Raiders put the hurt on the Blue Devils with a sharp 11-2 win on Thursday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Red Raiders considering their two-run performance the game before.
Drailis Alcantara made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Alcantara was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, East Side let Joel Fernandez and Kelvin Ramos run wild. Fernandez scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Ramos went 1-for-2 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Emmanuel Montonez, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for East Orange Campus' offense. They lost 19-0 to Golda Och Academy on Thursday.
Everything went East Side's way against East Orange Campus when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as East Side made off with a 12-2 victory. Do the Red Raiders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Jaguars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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