| 04/26/24 - Home | 1-12 L |
| 04/24/24 - Away | 3-1 W |
| 05/04/23 - Home | 1-10 L |
| 05/03/23 - Away | 2-6 L |
| 04/14/22 - Away | 0-1 L |
| + 5 more games |
Manalapan and Middletown North are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2016, but likely not for long. The Braves will be playing at home against the Lions at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Manalapan has three straight victories, Middletown North has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Manalapan sidestepped Marlboro for a 4-2 win.
Kevin Rusinak tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Manalapan's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cristian Ptasienski, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one RBI. That run marked the first that Ptasienski has scored this season. Robert DiStefano was another, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Middletown North fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Howell on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Rebels by a score of 8-7. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Middletown North's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Manalapan, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Manalapan might still be hurting after the 12-1 loss they got from Middletown North when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Braves avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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