Baseball Recap: Brookstone Cougars vs. Westfield School Hornets
Brookstone waltzed into their match on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They skirted past the Westfield School Hornets 3-2. That's more bragging rights for Brookstone, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Taft Middleton spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on seven hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Brookstone's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Hancock, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Brookstone pushed their record up to 16-3 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs per game. As for Westfield School, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-12.
Brookstone will have a chance to go back-to-back against Westfield School: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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