The North Bergen Bruins will take on the Hackensack Comets on Wednesday. North Bergen is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
North Bergen fell victim to Manalapan and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 7-0 to the Braves.
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North Bergen saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cameron Perez, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one triple and one stolen base. Perez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Hackensack, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They never let Leonia get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory on Thursday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Comets considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Vin Defalco looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Hackensack let Leifry Hernandez and Jose Urena run wild. Hernandez went a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs and one RBI, while Urena went a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI and one double. Those two runs gave Hernandez a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Josbaldy Santos, who got on base in both of his plate appearances with two runs.
Hackensack's win bumped their record up to 12-16-1. As for North Bergen, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-12.
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