The Marlboro Mustangs will head out to square off against the Donovan Catholic Griffins at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Marlboro 3.6, Donovan Catholic 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Marlboro is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Mount St. Dominic Academy, who was ranked fourth at the time (Marlboro was ranked fifth). The Mustangs fell just short of the Lions by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, the Mustangs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Donovan Catholic strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 5-4 W against Red Bank Catholic.
Marlboro's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-5. As for Donovan Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 19-0.
Marlboro came out on top in a nail-biter against Donovan Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2025, sneaking past 9-7. Do the Mustangs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Griffins turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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