If Rutherford was riding high off their 13-3 takedown of North Arlington on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Rutherford Bulldogs fell just short of the Bergen Catholic Crusaders by a score of 5-4 on Wednesday.
For Bergen Catholic's part, they got a great performance from Luke Dellentash as he struck out seven batters over 5.2 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Jamie Zee, who went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Yoo, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with.
Rutherford's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-10. As for Bergen Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-9-1 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Rutherford will take on Secaucus at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Bergen Catholic, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Bergen Tech at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Bergen Catholic is facing Bergen Tech at the right time seeing as Bergen Tech is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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