Baseball Recap: Kingsway has no trouble against Washington Township

By Team Reports May 10, 2024, 6:06am

Baseball Recap: Kingsway Dragons vs. Washington Township Minutemen

Kingsway put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Washington Township Minutemen with a sharp 11-1 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Kingsway also won the last time the pair played back in April.

Josh Herner tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.

At the plate, Kingsway got a massive performance out of Brayden Thorp, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Logan Taylor, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.

On Washington Township's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matteo Viola, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base.

Kingsway is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which somehow isn't as good as their 15-4 record this season. As for Washington Township, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-11.

Kingsway will head out on the road to take on Cumberland at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Kingsway's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Cumberland's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Washington Township, they will be playing at home against Haddonfield at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.

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