The Cherokee Chiefs will challenge the Cherry Hill West Lions at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Cherokee 2, Cherry Hill West 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Cherokee is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Eastern, who was ranked 12th at the time (Cherokee was ranked second). The Chiefs fell just short of the Vikings by a score of 2-1 on Monday. It was the first time this season that the Chiefs let down their fans at home.
Cherokee saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brett Jackson, who went 1-for-4 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Cherry Hill West waltzed into their contest on Saturday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They blew past the Braves 14-4. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won ten games by six runs or more so far this season.
Cherry Hill West's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-6. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.7 runs over those games. As for Cherokee, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 20-2.
Everything went Cherokee's way against Cherry Hill West in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Cherokee made off with an 11-5 victory. Do the Chiefs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lions turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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