The Red Bank Catholic Caseys will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Middletown South Eagles at 3:45 p.m. Red Bank Catholic's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Middletown South's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Red Bank Catholic might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 7-5 to Marlboro, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. Red Bank Catholic has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Middletown South came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 5-2 win over the Patriots.
Middletown South got a great performance from Jacob Wenzel as he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Jack Concordia was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Louis D'Alessio, who went 1-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Red Bank Catholic's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-7. As for Middletown South, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season.
Red Bank Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over Middletown South when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 6-2. Will Red Bank Catholic repeat their success, or does Middletown South have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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