Baseball Game Preview: Dunellen Destroyers vs. Timothy Christian

Destroyers

Runs

05/12/25 @ Rahway	12
05/10/25 vs New Egypt	1
05/08/25 @ Roselle Park	6
05/07/25 vs Henry Hudson	2
05/02/25 @ Somerset Tech	8
+ 15 more games

Dunellen has gone 9-1 against Timothy Christian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Destroyers will take on Timothy Christian in a tournament on Tuesday. Dunellen is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season.

Dunellen barely beat Rahway the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Destroyers put the hurt on the Indians with a sharp 12-5 win on Monday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Destroyers considering their one-run performance the match before.

The team relied heavily on Juanluis Rodriguez, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Michael Dow, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Timothy Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Piscataway Vo-Tech, falling 16-2.

Dunellen's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-7. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Timothy Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 0-12.

Everything went Dunellen's way against Timothy Christian in their previous meeting back in April, as Dunellen made off with a 17-4 victory. Will the Destroyers repeat their success, or do Timothy Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.