The Hasbrouck Heights Aviators will head out on the road to square off against the Lyndhurst Golden Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hasbrouck Heights has four straight victories, Lyndhurst has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Hasbrouck Heights' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Garfield with a sharp 15-0 win. Considering the Aviators have won 11 games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past Katelin Cowan, who gave up just a hit to keep Garfield off the board.
At the plate, Hasbrouck Heights got a massive performance out of Daniele Giresi, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles. That's the most hits Giresi has posted since April 5th. The team also got some help courtesy of Mackenzie Riordan, who went 1-for-3 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one double.
Hasbrouck Heights was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .700. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .464 or higher in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Lyndhurst's offense. They came up short against North Arlington on Monday, falling 7-0.
Hasbrouck Heights' victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-2. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Lyndhurst, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
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