Bridgewater-Raritan junior Matt Fattore connected for his first career home run in a 5-1 win over Howell in Bridgewater on April 14, 2023. He now has three to lead the team, and gets the start on the mound Tuesday against Immaculata in the Somerset County Tournament Quarterfinals. (Source: GameChanger screenshot via @brbaseball on Twitter)
Getting the No. 1 seed in the county tournament has its perks. Chief among them, you get to sit out the first two rounds of the tournament.
That said, No. 1 seed Bridgewater-Raritan took some time off and didn’t play this past weekend, though they did get a tune-up in against West Morris Monday, an 11-3 win that leaves them 10-1 on the season.
Tuesday afternoon, they will entertain 9-seed Immaculata (2-6) in the Somerset County Tournament quarterfinals, in a game you can here right here on Central Jersey Sports Radio, presented by Zoned Sports Academy in Bridgewater.
Pregame is set for 3:30, with first pitch set for 3:45 pm. Mike Pavlichko will call all the action; click here to listen.
The only blemish on the season for the Panthers was a 10-3 win over Roxbury.
Otherwise, a veteran group has done exactly what it needed to all season long: get good, timely hitting, and solid pitching. The team ERA is just 2.24, while the Panthers are hitting .330 as a team, and have only won three games by three runs or less.
Another example of the timely hitting came Monday against West Morris, up 5-3 in the top of the seventh on the road. The Panthers were looking for insurance runs, and scored six of them.
That’s the kind of year it’s been for the Panthers, who are led on offense by Matthew Fattore, who’s hitting .500, has ten RBIs and three home runs on the season. They can hit for power, with six home runs on the year.
Fattore will be on the mound Tuesday as well. In three starts he has allowed just one earned run, two total.
Click below to hear Bridgewater-Raritan head coach Max Newill talk about the Panthers and Tuesday’s matchup with Immaculata:
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