By Anthony Carrea
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ – Hackettstown continued their hot hitting against Madison and slugged their way to a 15-5 win. The Tigers have scored 36 runs in their past three games, which is reminiscent of the combined 34 they scored in the first three games of last year’s tournament. They continued to show why they received a number one seed in the North 2 Group 2 bracket.
They were anxious to feast on Madison pitching, scoring six runs in the first. Mark Feci got the first taste with an RBI single to center but James Novembre had his share as well. His two run blast into the hometown fans in right center field made it 6-0.
“The hits were a big deal for us today” said Feci, but pitcher Justin Knight showed that the Tigers can pitch as well.
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After walking the first batter Knight retired nine straight. Leaning on his curveball the crafty righty kept the Madison Dodgers off the board.
Meanwhile the Hackettstown offense continued to have their fun as Matt Reynolds hit a three run shot in the second making it 9-0. The hitting frenzy continued in the third with three RBI singles putting the score at a lofty 12-0.
At this point it was just too many runs for Madison to keep up. They finally got to Knight in the top of the fourth with five runs, including a two run single by Dilan Kluge but it was all for nothing.
Mark Feci finished what he started with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the sixth making it 15-5 and enforcing the ten run rule. He finished the game 3-3 with 3RBI.
Hackettstown will move on to the championship game Friday and looks to get revenge against West Essex who beat them in last year’s tournament.
“The rematch vs. West Essex is what we’ve been practicing all year for” said Hackettstown coach Gary Poyner.
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