The Bloomfield Warhawks will head out on the road to take on the East Windsor Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Bloomfield will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
In what's become a running theme this season, Bloomfield gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They blew past Weaver 12-0. Give Bloomfield's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Teagan Reed was a standout: he scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Luis Rodriguez, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, East Windsor entered their game against University/Classical Magnet on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. East Windsor fell just short of University/Classical Magnet by a score of 9-8. East Windsor has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Evan Bober and Tyler Natitus did some serious damage despite the final result: Bober scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3, while Natitus scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Josh Halpin was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, East Windsor didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Bloomfield pushed their record up to 5-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for East Windsor, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-4.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Bloomfield has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 9.8 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like East Windsor struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.4. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Bloomfield beat East Windsor 12-8 when the teams last played two weeks ago. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was East Windsor's Cooper King, who struck out eight batters over 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Bloomfield still be able to contain King? There's only one way to find out.
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