Lodi has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Becton Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Lodi is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Tenafly on Tuesday. They lost 13-1 to the Tigers. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Lodi has scored all season.
Lodi saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Emmanuel Rodriquez, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Becton had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Everything went their way against the Kardinals as they made off with an 11-3 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Becton considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Lodi has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last ten matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-10 record this season. As for Becton, their win bumped their record up to 10-7-1.
Lodi came up short against Becton when the teams last played back in April, falling 10-6. Can Lodi avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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