Baseball Preview: Brookstone Cougars vs. First Presbyterian Day Vikings
The Brookstone Cougars will look to defend their home field on Monday against the First Presbyterian Day Vikings at 4:00 p.m. Brookstone will be looking to extend their current nine-game winning streak.
Brookstone is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against First Presbyterian Day by a score of 7-3.
Taft Middleton made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Middleton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 13 consecutive pitching appearances. Middleton was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI and a double.
Middleton wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Hancock, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Brookstone's win was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 27-5. As for First Presbyterian Day, their loss dropped their record down to 26-7-1.
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