The Ridgewood Rebels will venture away from home to take on the Bartlett Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Ridgewood came up short against IC Catholic Prep on Wednesday, falling 10-2. The Rebels have struggled against the Knights recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Ridgewood saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Angelo Vitale, who went 1-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Bartlett had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs) and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Warriors.
Vince Yario and Josh Colaizzi were major factors no matter where they played. Throwing, Yario tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Colaizzi didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over 7.2 innings pitched. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in 11 consecutive appearances. At the plate, Yario went 1-for-5 with one home run, while Colaizzi went 2-for-5 with one double and one RBI. Yario is becoming a predictor of Bartlett's success: when he posts at least one home run the team is undefeated (and 12-13-1 when he doesn't).
Bartlett pushed their record up to 15-13-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Ridgewood, their loss dropped their record down to 14-12-1.
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