Claymont is 0-7 against Ridgewood since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Claymont Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Ridgewood Generals at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Claymont lost 13-2 to Edison on Tuesday. Claymont has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Claymont saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kael Poland, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Claymont didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 17 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Ridgewood fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Morgan on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 9-7.
Claymont's defeat dropped their record down to 5-16. As for Ridgewood, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-15 record this season.
Claymont might still be hurting after the 10-2 loss they got from Ridgewood when the teams last played on Monday. Can Claymont avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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