The Elizabeth Minutemen will venture away from home to square off against the Oratory Prep Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Elizabeth 3.1, Oratory Prep 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Dayton hit Elizabeth with a four-run first inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Minutemen fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 8-7.
Derek Escobar was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and one double. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaime Tamayo, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Oratory Prep entered their tilt with Johnson on Wednesday with eight consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with nine. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Crusaders 5-3.
Oratory Prep also got a great performance from Thomas Albanito as he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Oratory Prep's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Devon Mulvaney, who went 1-for-3 with two runs.
Oratory Prep pushed their record up to 11-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.6 runs over those games. As for Elizabeth, their loss dropped their record down to 13-4.
Elizabeth beat Oratory Prep 6-3 in their previous matchup back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Minutemen since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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