The Newark Academy Minutemen will head out on the road to take on the Glen Ridge Ridgers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Newark Academy has five straight wins, Glen Ridge has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Newark Academy's victory against Payne Tech wasn't quite the blowout they won the last time the pair played, they still came away the winners. Newark Academy had just enough and edged Payne Tech out 7-5.
Jack DiVirgillio and Ryan Zhu did most of the damage at the plate: DiVirgillio scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Zhu scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Schwartz, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Glen Ridge lost 11-1 to Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that Glen Ridge has lost by exactly ten runs.
Newark Academy pushed their record up to 9-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Glen Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Newark Academy took their victory against Glen Ridge when the teams last played back in May of 2019 by a conclusive 9-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Newark Academy since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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