The St. Benedict's Prep Gray Bees will head out to square off against the Caldwell Chiefs at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
On Wednesday, St. Benedict's Prep didn't have quite enough to beat Newark Academy and fell 4-3. The Gray Bees have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Caldwell gave up the first runs on Wednesday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top against Cedar Grove by a score of 9-4. The victory continues a trend for the Chiefs in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now won six in a row.
Caldwell got a great performance from Daniel Vybihal as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Santino Russo, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 5-for-5. Those hits marked the first that he got this season. Another player making a difference was Chris DePrenda, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Caldwell was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .395. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
St. Benedict's Prep now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Caldwell, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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