The St. Thomas Aquinas Trojans will square off against the Hunterdon Central Red Devils at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Thomas Aquinas 1.5, Hunterdon Central 0.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
St. Thomas Aquinas is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Metuchen get on the board and left with a 19-0 victory on Thursday. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Hunterdon Central faced Watchung Hills Regional in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Red Devils wound up with the same score they had in their last game (1-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. The game marked the first time this year in which they were not able to get on the board.
St. Thomas Aquinas pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. As for Hunterdon Central, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 11-1.
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