The Ridge Red Devil will challenge the West Morris Central Wolfpack at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Ridge comes in on four and West Morris Central on three.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Wednesday as neither Ridge nor Hillsborough made it on the board until the seventh inning. The Red Devil sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over the Raiders.
Meanwhile, West Morris Central had just enough and edged out Roxbury 6-5 on Wednesday.
West Morris Central got a great performance from Nick Rotundo as he pitched 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off nine hits.
At the plate, Cole Wormann was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. That triple was his first of the season. Liam Costello was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI.
Ridge's win was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-2. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for West Morris Central, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
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