Mountain Lakes is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Morristown-Beard a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Monday. The Mountain Lakes Lakers will look to defend their home field against the Morristown-Beard Crimson at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Lakes' pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so Morristown-Beard's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Mountain Lakes fell victim to Whippany Park and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, Morristown-Beard had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top against Whippany Park on Saturday by a score of 4-3 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
The team relied heavily on Chase Zaikov, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI, one run, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Hriczov, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one run.
Morristown-Beard was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Mountain Lakes' defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Morristown-Beard, their victory bumped their record up to 11-6.
Mountain Lakes beat Morristown-Beard 4-1 in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Do the Lakers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Crimson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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