The South Plainfield Tigers will head out to face off against the East Brunswick Bears at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While South Plainfield's win against South Brunswick wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Tigers sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the Vikings on Saturday. The win continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Vikings: they've now won six in a row.
Michael Castagna tossed a big game, pitching 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
Nick Irizarry
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On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Nick Irizarry, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged two or more in each of the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, East Brunswick had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They put the hurt on the Falcons with a sharp 9-3 victory. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won five games by six runs or more so far this season.
South Plainfield pushed their record up to 10-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for East Brunswick, their record now sits at 9-4.
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