Baseball Game Preview: Middlesex Chargers vs. Mathews Blue Devils

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Previous Games

04/28/26 - Away	13-4 W
05/15/25 - Away	2-3 L
04/29/25 - Home	2-0 W
05/09/24 - Home	4-3 W
04/23/24 - Away	14-1 W
+ 5 more games

Middlesex has gone 8-2 against Mathews recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Chargers will face off against the Blue Devils at 5:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.

Rappahannock hit Middlesex with a four-run sixth inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Chargers took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raiders. That's two games in a row now that the Chargers have lost by exactly five runs.

Middlesex saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Stith, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and one RBI. That triple marked the first that Stith has hit this season.

Meanwhile, Mathews fell victim to King William and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They came up short against the Cavaliers, falling 10-0. The Blue Devils have struggled against the Cavaliers recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.

Middlesex's record is now 6-8. As for Mathews, their record now sits at 1-12.

Everything went Middlesex's way against Mathews in their previous matchup last Tuesday, as Middlesex made off with a 13-4 win. Will the Chargers repeat their success, or do the Blue Devils have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.