The South River Rams will head out on the road to square off against the Carteret Ramblers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. South River is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
South River can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Princeton as South River made off with a 12-2 win. That's two games straight that South River has won by exactly ten runs.
The team relied heavily on Parker Lane, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Sebastian Susinno was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 4-for-5.
Meanwhile, Carteret unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 9-0 to Edison. Carteret has not had much luck with Edison recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Carteret saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Rivera, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
South River now has a winning record of 12-11. As for Carteret, their loss dropped their record down to 17-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. South River has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Carteret struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
South River couldn't quite finish off Carteret in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 16-14. Can South River avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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