The Somerset Tech Jaguars are taking a road trip to square off against the Dunellen Destroyers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither Somerset Tech nor Dunellen posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Somerset Tech fell victim to North Brunswick and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They fell just short of the North Brunswick Raiders by a score of 1-0. The contest marked the first time this season in which the Jaguars were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Dunellen, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They won by a run and slipped past Piscataway Vo-Tech 2-1.
Ryan Hutchins was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four stolen bases and one run. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Hutchins wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kristhan Roman Lopez, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one run.
Dunellen is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Somerset Tech, they dropped their record down to 9-8 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
Somerset Tech couldn't quite finish off Dunellen in their previous meeting on May 2nd and fell 8-6. Can the Jaguars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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