The Newark Memorial Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Irvington Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Newark Memorial will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
If Newark Memorial beats Irvington with six runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Newark Memorial walked away with a 6-2 victory over Irvington on Wednesday. That's two games straight that Newark Memorial has won by exactly four runs.
Noah Hanohano was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out ten batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Hanohano has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Hanohano was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brian Covarrubias Jr, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Newark Memorial is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Irvington, they dropped their record down to 7-13 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.
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