The Colts Neck Cougars will face off against the Howell Rebels at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Colts Neck's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Howell's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Monday, Colts Neck earned a 7-2 victory over Marlboro.
Colts Neck got a great performance from Nick Hayden as he tossed five innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits.
At the plate, Matt Clark was a standout: he went a perfect 3-for-3 with one double and one RBI. That double marked the first that he has hit this season. Ryan Rude was another key player, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Howell ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past Middletown North 8-7. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Kurtis Lovgren looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).
On the hitting side, Logan Koeppel was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Another player making a difference was Vinny Agnello, who went 3-for-5 with two RBI and one run.
Howell's win bumped their record up to 6-4-1. As for Colts Neck, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
Colts Neck took their win against Howell in their previous matchup back in May of 2024 by a conclusive 11-1 score. Will the Cougars repeat their success, or do the Rebels have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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