The Wallington Panthers will take on the Secaucus Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Secaucus will be up against a hot Wallington team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. The Panthers were the clear victors by a 13-3 margin over Elmwood Park on Monday. Considering the Panthers have won seven matchups by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Jordan Kassteen made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. Kassteen was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run.
| 04/27/26 vs Elmwood Park | 3 |
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In other batting news, Alex Jimenez was incredible, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, three stolen bases, and three runs. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Alex Syby, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one double.
Wallington was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .452. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Elmwood Park only posted a batting average of .190.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Secaucus). They blew past Harrison 18-3 on Monday. The Patriots haven't had any issues with the Blue Tide recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
Wallington's win bumped their record up to 12-6-1. As for Secaucus, the victory was their first at home, bumping their record up to 2-11.
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