Baseball Preview: Kingsway Dragons vs. Gloucester County Tech
Kingsway is 8-2 against Gloucester County Tech since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Kingsway Dragons will be playing at home against Gloucester County Tech at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Kingsway's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Saturday, when they got past Hammonton's usually-dominant pitching crew. Kingsway had just enough and edged Hammonton out 10-8.
Nate Bott made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Bott was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Dylan Rickards was incredible, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Ian Monteith, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Gloucester County Tech never let their opponents score on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-0 victory over Triton.
Not much got past Brentin Heil, who gave up just seven hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Triton off the board. Heil has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Willie Popoff was excellent, going 4-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Vincent Rosas was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Kingsway's win bumped their record up to 13-3. As for Gloucester County Tech, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-8 record this season.
Kingsway took their victory against Gloucester County Tech in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 15-1. Will Kingsway repeat their success, or does Gloucester County Tech have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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