The Morris Hills Knights are taking a road trip to face off against the Morristown-Beard Crimson at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Morris Hills has given up an average of 7.3 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Morris Hills fell victim to Sparta and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 19-0 to the Spartans. The Knights haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Morristown-Beard ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out Morristown 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Crimson have posted since April 1st.
Josh Greenwood tossed a big game, tossing 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off nine hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Morristown-Beard saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alejandro (AJ) Rodriguez, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one double. That double marked the first that Rodriguez has hit this season.
Morristown-Beard is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Morris Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Everything went Morris Hills' way against Morristown-Beard in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Morris Hills made off with a 7-1 win. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Crimson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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