After both having extra time off, the Mathews Blue Devils and the Essex Trojans will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Mathews is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Middlesex just ended the team's three-game winning streak last Thursday. They fell just short of the Chargers by a score of 4-3. Mathews has not had much luck with Middlesex recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Mathews saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Wright, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Essex had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Lancaster two weeks ago.
Mathews' loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-9. As for Essex, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-8.
Mathews came up short against Essex in their previous matchup back in April, falling 12-9. Can Mathews avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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