The Watchung Hills Regional Warriors will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Middlesex Bluejays at 4:00 p.m. Watchung Hills Regional is out to stop a five-game streak of losses at home.
On Thursday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Watchung Hills Regional had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Bridgewater-Raritan.
Max Payne was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Watchung Hills Regional saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was William Hunsinger, who went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Middlesex got themselves on the board against Spotswood on Monday, but Spotswood never followed suit. Everything went their way against the Chargers as they made off with an 8-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Middlesex.
Watchung Hills Regional's loss dropped their record down to 8-11-1. As for Middlesex, their win bumped their record up to 7-12.
Watchung Hills Regional came up short against Middlesex when the teams last played back in May of 2019, falling 8-3. Can Watchung Hills Regional avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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