Highland Regional and Delsea are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2017, but likely not for long. The Highland Regional Tartans will head out on the road to challenge the Delsea Crusaders 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.
Highland Regional is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Timber Creek Regional just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 9-2 to the Chargers.
Meanwhile, Delsea came up short against Clearview on Monday and fell 4-1. Delsea's defeat signaled the end of their 18-game winning streak.
Delsea had to settle for second despite strong performances on the mound from Nick Mokienko and Otley Makosky Mokienko tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit, while Makosky pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits.
Highland Regional now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Delsea, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-2.
Highland Regional might still be hurting after the 11-0 defeat they got from Delsea when the teams last played back in April. Can Highland Regional avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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