Baseball Game Preview: Spotswood Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 15, 2024, 3:58am

Baseball Preview: Spotswood Chargers vs. Rahway Indians

The Spotswood Chargers will head out on the road to face off against the Rahway Indians at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Spotswood is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.

In what's become a running theme this season, Spotswood gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Everything went their way against South Amboy as Spotswood made off with a 10-0 victory.

Spotswood got a great performance from Luc Acquaviva as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Acquaviva has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Will Buchan, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Breckyn DeAngelis, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Rahway's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Dayton by a score of 4-3.

Spotswood's win bumped their record up to 18-2-2. As for Rahway, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-8.

Spotswood took their victory against Rahway when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 18-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Spotswood since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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