The Wood-Ridge Blue Devils will square off against the Cresskill Cougars at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Wood-Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Wallington on Wednesday as they made off with a 14-1 win. The victory was nothing new for the Blue Devils as they're now sitting on three straight.
The team relied heavily on Christopher Castellano, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Caprio, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI, one triple, and one run.
Meanwhile, Cresskill hadn't done well against Waldwick recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Cougars' pitchers stepped up to hand the Warriors a 9-0 shutout. The matchup marked the Cougars' most dominant win of the season so far.
Cresskill saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Koprowski, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Another was Eric Nam, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
The victory got Wood-Ridge back to even at 4-4. As for Cresskill, the win got them back to even at 3-3-1.
Everything went Wood-Ridge's way against Cresskill when the teams last played back in April of 2023, as Wood-Ridge made off with a 13-2 victory. Do the Blue Devils have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cougars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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