West Essex hasn't had much luck against Seton Hall Prep recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Knights will challenge the Pirates at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (West Essex 3.6, Seton Hall Prep 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Saturday, West Essex didn't have quite enough to beat Livingston and fell 3-2.
Meanwhile, Seton Hall Prep had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Red Devil a 1-0 shutout. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Pirates have posted since April 16th.
Seton Hall Prep pushed their record up to 15-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for West Essex, their loss dropped their record down to 10-5.
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