The Haddon Heights Garnets will challenge the Eastern Vikings at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Haddon Heights will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Haddon Heights fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Audubon on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Green Wave by a score of 8-7. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Haddon Heights saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kevin Clark, who went 2-for-5 with two runs and one RBI. Another was Jackson Butler, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Eastern got themselves on the board against Camden Catholic on Thursday, but Camden Catholic never followed suit. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over the Fighting Irish. The Vikings haven't had any issues with the Fighting Irish recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Haddon Heights' defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-4. As for Eastern, their victory bumped their record up to 10-8-1.
Haddon Heights came out on top in a nail-biter against Eastern when the teams last played back in April of 2022, sneaking past 7-6. Do the Garnets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Vikings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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