The Hawthorne Bears will take on the Wood-Ridge Blue Devils at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Hawthorne 4, Wood-Ridge 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Monday, Hawthorne didn't have quite enough to beat Saddle Brook and fell 8-6. The matchup marked the Bears' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Wood-Ridge entered their tilt with Lyndhurst on Wednesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Golden Bears a 12-0 shutout. While the Blue Devils didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Having lost for the first time this season, Hawthorne fell to 4-1. As for Wood-Ridge, their win bumped their record up to an identical 4-1.
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