For the second straight game, Freehold Township will face off against Holmdel. The Patriots will welcome the Hornets at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Freehold Township's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Holmdel's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Freehold Township is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Saturday, they were much more limited against Holmdel on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Hornets by a score of 3-1. The match marked the Patriots' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
For Holmdel's part, they got a great performance from Dylan Zammit as he struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. The Hornets are undefeated when Zammit posts eight or more strikeouts, but 3-4 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Tyler Reddy was excellent, going 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Holmdel is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.4 runs over those games. As for Freehold Township, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-2.
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