The Jackson Memorial Jaguars will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Point Pleasant Beach Garnet Gulls at 3:45 p.m. Jackson Memorial will be strutting in after a win while Point Pleasant Beach will be coming in after a defeat.
Jackson Memorial can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 14-4 margin over Toms River South.
Meanwhile, Point Pleasant Beach unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Howell. Point Pleasant Beach was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the six matches prior) but Howell's pitchers proved too tough.
Point Pleasant Beach got a good showing from RYAN DOYLE, who struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. DOYLE has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Point Pleasant Beach saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JAMES LARSEN, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Jackson Memorial's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-9. As for Point Pleasant Beach, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-2.
Jackson Memorial took their win against Point Pleasant Beach in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 10-2. Does Jackson Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Point Pleasant Beach turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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