The Mountain Lakes Lakers are taking a road trip to face off against the Hackettstown Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mountain Lakes is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
On Tuesday, Mountain Lakes didn't have quite enough to beat Parsippany Hills and fell 9-8.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hackettstown). They blew past Dover 15-0 on Monday. The result was nothing new for Hackettstown, who have now won five contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Hackettstown is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-4-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Mountain Lakes, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9.
Mountain Lakes beat Hackettstown 9-4 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Lakers since the squad 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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