The Somerset Berkley Regional Raiders will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Middleborough Sachems at 4:00 p.m. Somerset Berkley Regional will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak alive.
Somerset Berkley Regional is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Durfee, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Somerset Berkley Regional was ranked 17th). Somerset Berkley Regional's pitcher stepped up to hand Durfee a 1-0 shutout on Wednesday. That's two games straight that Somerset Berkley Regional has won by just one run.
Not much got past Landon Richardson, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Durfee off the board.
On the hitting side, Somerset Berkley Regional saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Teasdale, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Middleborough didn't have quite enough to beat Sandwich on Friday and fell 4-2.
Somerset Berkley Regional has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Middleborough, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-8 record this season.
Somerset Berkley Regional came out on top in a nail-biter against Middleborough when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 2-1. Does Somerset Berkley Regional have another victory up their sleeve, or will Middleborough turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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