Somerville and Bridgewater-Raritan are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Somerville Pioneers will head out on the road to challenge the Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Somerville lost 18-5 to Hunterdon Central on Tuesday. Somerville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Bridgewater-Raritan, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They came out on top against Hunterdon Central on Friday by a score of 5-2 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Bridgewater-Raritan got a great performance from Owen Crimmins as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Crimmins has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Bridgewater-Raritan's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Lehberger, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Matthew Fattore, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Somerville's loss dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Bridgewater-Raritan, their win bumped their record up to 15-2.
Somerville might still be hurting after the 7-0 defeat they got from Bridgewater-Raritan in their previous meeting last Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bridgewater-Raritan's Kellan Komline, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Now that Somerville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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