The Mahwah Thunderbirds will square off against the High Point Wildcats on Wednesday.
Mahwah fell victim to Parsippany and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They fell just short of the Redhawks by a score of 2-0. The Thunderbirds have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Luke Dicecco was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in April.
On the hitting side, Mahwah saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bobby Gourley, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask High Point). Everything went their way against Mountain Lakes on Tuesday as they made off with a 17-1 win. Considering the Wildcats have won 11 contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on T Conklin, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. That stolen base was his first of the season.
High Point always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
High Point has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-6-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Mahwah, their loss dropped their record down to 8-19.
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