Baseball Preview: Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers vs. Hunterdon Central Red Devils
Bridgewater-Raritan has been on the road for five straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Hunterdon Central Red Devils at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Bridgewater-Raritan's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Hunterdon Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Bridgewater-Raritan is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Lawrence, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Bridgewater-Raritan was ranked first). Bridgewater-Raritan fell 5-2 to Lawrence on Wednesday.
Bridgewater-Raritan got a good showing from Joey Letko, who pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Bridgewater-Raritan saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Fattore, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Hunterdon Central scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Somerville as Hunterdon Central made off with an 18-5 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Bridgewater-Raritan's loss ended a 12-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 14-2. As for Hunterdon Central, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.
Bridgewater-Raritan took their win against Hunterdon Central in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 7-0. Does Bridgewater-Raritan have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hunterdon Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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