Baseball Preview: Dunellen Destroyers vs. New Egypt Warriors
The Dunellen Destroyers will head out on the road to challenge the New Egypt Warriors at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Dunellen is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
Dunellen is is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Thursday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 9-3 to Carteret, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Dunellen saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Hutchins, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Mark Stein was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
South Hunterdon typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday New Egypt proved too difficult a challenge. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Eagles and snuck past 9-7. The victory made it back-to-back wins for New Egypt.
Nolan Arnold and Dylan Harper did most of the damage at the plate: Arnold scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5, while Harper scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Lucas Burgos, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Dunellen now has a losing record at 10-11. As for New Egypt, their win ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-16.
Dunellen beat New Egypt 5-2 when the teams last played back in April of 2015. The rematch might be a little tougher for Dunellen 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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