Baseball Preview: Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers vs. North Hunterdon Lions
Bridgewater-Raritan is 7-2 against North Hunterdon since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers will head out on the road to take on the North Hunterdon Lions at 3:45 p.m. Bridgewater-Raritan will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
In what's become a running theme this season, Bridgewater-Raritan gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Hunterdon Central as Bridgewater-Raritan made off with a 7-0 victory. Seven seems to be a good number for Bridgewater-Raritan as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Bridgewater-Raritan got a great performance from Kellan Komline as he didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Devin Goldberg, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Matthew Fattore was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, North Hunterdon had just enough and edged Somerville out 4-3 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Hunterdon.
Bridgewater-Raritan's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for North Hunterdon, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Everything went Bridgewater-Raritan's way against North Hunterdon in their previous matchup on Saturday as Bridgewater-Raritan made off with a 7-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bridgewater-Raritan 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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