For the second straight game, Ranney will face off against Manalapan. Ranney will take on Manalapan at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ranney has seven straight wins, Manalapan has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Ranney's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Manalapan with a sharp 11-0 victory. Considering Ranney has won four matches by more than seven runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Zach Messina tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit over five innings pitched.
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At the plate, Ricky Lopez was incredible, firing off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Parisi, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run and four RBI.
Ranney pushed their record up to 9-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Manalapan, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
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