West Essex had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Garfield Boilermakers a 2-0 shutout.
For Garfield's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Frandy Polanco, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
West Essex pushed their record up to 22-4 with that win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Garfield, their loss dropped their record down to 12-11-1.
As of now, neither West Essex nor Garfield have any future games scheduled.
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