The Garfield Boilermakers will head out on the road to face off against the Becton Wildcats at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Garfield will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Garfield took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. Everything went their way against Wallington as Garfield made off with a 12-2 victory.
Brenden Baeza made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Baeza was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Devon Paisley and Frandy Polanco did most of the damage at the plate: Paisley scored three runs while going 3-for-3, while Polanco went 2-for-3 with four RBI and a run. Anthony Haro was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Becton had just enough and edged Saddle Brook out 2-1 on Saturday.
Garfield's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-9. As for Becton, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8-1 record this season.
Garfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Becton in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 6-5. The rematch might be a little tougher for Garfield since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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