Bridgewater-Raritan and Somerville are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Somerville Pioneers at 10:00 a.m. Bridgewater-Raritan is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Bridgewater-Raritan took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They came out on top against Hunterdon Central by a score of 5-2 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Bridgewater-Raritan got a great performance from Owen Crimmins as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Crimmins has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Bridgewater-Raritan saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Lehberger, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Fattore, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Somerville lost 18-5 to Hunterdon Central on Tuesday. Somerville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Bridgewater-Raritan's win bumped their record up to 15-2. As for Somerville, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9.
Everything went Bridgewater-Raritan's way against Somerville in their previous meeting last Tuesday as Bridgewater-Raritan made off with a 7-0 victory. Does Bridgewater-Raritan have another victory up their sleeve, or will Somerville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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