Baseball Game Preview: South Amboy Governors vs. Rahway Indians

Governors

Runs

04/09/25 @ Piscataway	14
04/04/25 @ Kennedy Memorial	7
04/02/25 @ South River	7
03/31/25 vs South River	7
03/29/25 @ Spotswood	5

South Amboy has gone a perfect 5-0 against Rahway recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Governors will host the Indians at 4:00 p.m. South Amboy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.

South Amboy is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Piscataway with a sharp 14-4 win on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Governors.

Diego Col?n made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. Col?n was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, South Amboy got a massive performance out of Robert Senape, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Senape a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Micah Nemeth, who went 1-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs.

South Amboy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday Rahway sidestepped Hillside for a 9-8 victory.

The team relied heavily on Alex Pineda, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-5. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Tito Capales, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

South Amboy's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Rahway, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-3.

South Amboy took their win against Rahway when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 11-1 score. Do the Governors have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Indians turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.