The Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers will be playing at home against the Rutgers Prep Argonauts at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Bridgewater-Raritan sidestepped Watchung Hills Regional for a 4-3 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Bridgewater-Raritan.
Meanwhile, Rutgers Prep had just enough and edged Franklin out 3-2 on Monday.
Rutgers Prep got a great performance from Peter Wheeler as he tossed 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Rutgers Prep saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Laub, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Nepomuceno, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Bridgewater-Raritan pushed their record up to 18-3 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Rutgers Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-11 record this season.
Bridgewater-Raritan skirted past Rutgers Prep 6-5 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Does Bridgewater-Raritan have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rutgers Prep turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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