The Somerset Berkley Regional Raiders will square off against the Reading Memorial Rockets on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Somerset Berkley Regional comes in on seven and Reading Memorial on 11.
If Somerset Berkley Regional beats Reading Memorial with nine runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Raiders beat Milford on Sunday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 9-2. Considering the Raiders have won nine matches by more than five runs this season, Sunday's blowout was nothing new.
Kyle Sherman Jr. spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on five hits.
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At the plate, Luke Thornton was excellent, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Alex Crook, who went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.
Meanwhile, two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Reading Memorial walked away with it. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Indians on Sunday, sneaking past 2-1.
Reading Memorial also got a great performance from Ryan Marino as he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
On the hitting side, Reading Memorial saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Vitarisi, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Reading Memorial pushed their record up to 20-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Somerset Berkley Regional, their win bumped their record up to 21-6.
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