Baseball Game Preview: Hamilton Huskies vs. O'Connor Eagles + Official Tickets

By Team Reports May 16, 2026, 2:00am

Baseball Preview: Hamilton Huskies vs. O'Connor Eagles

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For the second straight game, Hamilton will face off against O'Connor. The Huskies will welcome the Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hamilton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.

Hamilton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: O'Connor, who was ranked sixth at the time (Hamilton was ranked fifth). The Huskies fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 2-1 on Friday. The Huskies' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.

For O'Connor's part, Matthew Del Carlo got the start for O'Connor and what a start it was: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits (and only one walk). Del Carlo has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in 12 consecutive appearances. Gio Boncore-Montoya came in to relieve Del Carlo and was airtight, giving up no runs, hits or walks in his an inning pitched.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tommy Pascanu, who went 3-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI. That's the most hits he has posted since back in February.

O'Connor is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Hamilton, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-10.

Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Saturday. Hamilton hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.9 home runs per game. However, it's not like O'Connor struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.

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