Baseball Preview: Kingsway Dragons vs. Egg Harbor Township Eagles
The Kingsway Dragons will challenge the Egg Harbor Township Eagles on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Kingsway: 3.9, Egg Harbor Township: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Kingsway is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Millville onto the board and left with a 3-0 win.
The result came thanks to Nate Bott's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, Kingsway saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Braig, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Tommy Popoff, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Egg Harbor Township won against Williamstown last Friday with five runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Egg Harbor Township came out on top against Gloucester County Tech by a score of 5-2. The victory was nothing new for Egg Harbor Township as they're now sitting on three straight.
Kingsway's win bumped their record up to 17-8. As for Egg Harbor Township, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.
Kingsway came up short against Egg Harbor Township in their previous meeting back in May of 2017, falling 4-0. Thankfully for Kingsway, Drew Hickman (who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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