The Raritan Rockets are taking a road trip to challenge the Freehold Township Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Raritan had taken St. John-Vianney down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Wednesday. The Rockets fell just short of the Lancers by a score of 3-2. The Rockets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Raritan got a good showing from Bear Evernham, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Evernham has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Raritan saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alan Warren, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Freehold Township didn't have quite enough to beat Red Bank Regional on Wednesday and fell 3-2.
Freehold Township has also been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-5 record this season. As for Raritan, their loss dropped their record down to 10-5.
Raritan took their win against Freehold Township in their previous meeting back in April of 2018 by a conclusive 13-3 score. Will the Rockets repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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