The Toms River East Raiders will challenge the Barnegat Bengals at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Toms River East lost a heartbreaker the last time they played Jackson Memorial, but it's fair to say they got their revenge given the result of Thursday's game. The Raiders blew past the Jaguars 13-3 on Thursday. The Raiders' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, Barnegat had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They never let the Indians get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The Bengals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by six runs or more this season.
Barnegat's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Toms River East, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-5.
Toms River East was able to grind out a solid victory over Barnegat in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, winning 5-2. Do the Raiders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bengals turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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