The Bergen Tech Knights will venture away from home to square off against the Eastside Ghosts at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Bergen Tech will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Bergen Tech is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Tenafly on Friday as they made off with a 19-2 win. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Knights with their most commanding win of the season.
Bergen Tech let Michael Camporeale and Jake Burke run wild. Camporeale got on base in four of his five plate appearances with four RBI, two doubles, and one run, while Burke went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. The dominant performance also gave Camporeale a new career-high in hits (two). Harssh Ramayanam Venkkat also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Bergen Tech always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .568. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Eastside let West Milford stack five runs on them in the third inning on Friday but luckily Eastside prevailed anyway. The Ghosts had just enough and edged out the Highlanders 6-5. Six seems to be a good number for the Ghosts as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Elian Colon looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Kairo Reyes was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Angel Liranzo, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.
Bergen Tech pushed their record up to 6-8 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Eastside, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-5.
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