The Marlboro Mustangs will face off against the Colts Neck Cougars on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Marlboro fell victim to Ranney and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ranney. That's two games in a row now that the Mustangs have lost by exactly four runs.
Meanwhile, Colts Neck also failed to score in their most recent game. They fell 5-0 to Steinert on Thursday. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Colts Neck got a good showing from Nick Hayden, who tossed three innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits.
On the hitting side, Colts Neck saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dan Annunziata, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Marlboro dropped their record down to 2-6 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 2.25 runs. As for Colts Neck, the defeat was their first on the road , dropping their record down to 6-2.
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