The West Orange Warriors will square off against the Jones Eagles at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. West Orange's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Jones' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Jones will be up against a hot West Orange squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. West Orange narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Harry S. Truman 5-3. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by exactly two runs.
Braxton Stalvey looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Furthermore, he didn't allow a single walk, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in February.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Evan Goodmon, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Angel Martinez was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two RBI.
West Orange was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .318 or higher in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Jones took care of business in their home opener (and then some) on Tuesday. They never let ITW David Speer Academy get on the board and left with an 11-0 win.
Gio Delgado looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Ellis Alexander was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Christophe DeWijkerslooth, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
West Orange's victory bumped their record up to 11-4. As for Jones, their win bumped their record up to 1-0.
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