The Kennedy Memorial Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Union City Soaring Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Kennedy Memorial is coming into the game on a six-game losing streak.
Kennedy Memorial fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Middletown North on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lions. That's two games in a row now that Kennedy Memorial has lost by exactly three runs.
Grant Lorentzen was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 7.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. Lorentzen was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
Lorentzen wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Luis Pimentel-Amaro, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Union City earned a 7-3 win over Bloomfield on Thursday.
Union City also got a great performance from Kelyam Iglesias as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Wilme Mas Sarda and Julio Hernandez did most of the damage at the plate: Mas Sarda scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Hernandez scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Luis Santiago, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Kennedy Memorial now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Union City, their victory bumped their record up to 13-7.
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