Baseball Game Preview: Hackettstown Tigers vs. Delaware Valley Terriers

The Hackettstown Tigers will square off against the Delaware Valley Terriers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Hackettstown is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

It was a proper cat-fight when Hackettstown duked it out with Kittatinny Regional on Thursday. The Tigers blew past the Cougars 13-1. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.

Joey Rowinski was incredible, scoring three runs while going 4-for-4. He also put up two doubles, which were his first of the season. Jacob Echandy was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.

Hackettstown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .400 or higher in three consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Delaware Valley's offense. They fell just short of Rutgers Prep by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. The Terriers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Hackettstown pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team's won by an average of 9.3 runs thus far. As for Delaware Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.

Hackettstown couldn't quite finish off Delaware Valley when the teams last played back in May of 2024 and fell 6-4. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.