After two games on the road, Washington Township is heading back home. They will take on the Kingsway Dragons at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Wednesday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Washington Township had to settle for a 6-5 loss against Delsea.
Jack Fitzpatrick was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Giovanni Cristinzio, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Kingsway lost 10-3 to Northern Burlington on Wednesday.
Kingsway saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Logan Taylor, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Brayden Thorp was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Washington Township's defeat was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 10-10. As for Kingsway, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-4.
Washington Township suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Kingsway when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kingsway's Nate Bott, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and not a single walk). Now that Washington Township 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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