The Somerset Berkley Regional Raiders will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Seekonk Warriors at 3:15 p.m. Somerset Berkley Regional will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.
Somerset Berkley Regional is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Apponequet Regional, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Somerset Berkley Regional was ranked 20th). Somerset Berkley Regional fell just short of Apponequet Regional by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. The shutout was out of character for Somerset Berkley Regional seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in April.
Will Dionne spent all 7.2 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Somerset Berkley Regional saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Crook, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, after a string of nine wins, Seekonk's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Fairhaven by a score of 4-3.
Somerset Berkley Regional's defeat dropped their record down to 12-4. As for Seekonk, their loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 13-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Somerset Berkley Regional has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Seekonk struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Somerset Berkley Regional came out on top in a nail-biter against Seekonk in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Seekonk's Tyler Kropis, who struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Somerset Berkley Regional still be able to contain Kropis? There's only one way to find out.
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