Bordentown scored first but ultimately less than Burlington Township in their game on Monday. They fell just short of the Burlington Township Falcons by a score of 2-1. Bordentown has not had much luck with Burlington Township recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Elijah Tradigo spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on four hits and racked up eight Ks.
At the plate, Luke Guire made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Burlington Township's side, Sean Heffernan was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Heffernan was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-2.
In other pitching news, Chad Brewer tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
Heffernan wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jordan Barclay, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Bordentown's defeat dropped their record down to 12-10. As for Burlington Township, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
Bordentown will play host again on Wednesday to welcome Pennington, where first pitch is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Pennington: 2.9, Bordentown: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Burlington Township, they are on the road again on Thursday to play Delran. Burlington Township's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Delran's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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