Baseball Preview: Brandeis Broncos vs. SA Roosevelt Rough Riders
Brandeis is 7-0 against SA Roosevelt since March of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Brandeis Broncos will head out on the road to challenge the SA Roosevelt Rough Riders at 7:30 p.m. Brandeis is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
While Brandeis has not struggled against Churchill recently, they managed to flip the script on Saturday. Brandeis' pitcher stepped up to hand Churchill a 2-0 shutout.
Christian Hallmark was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Hallmark was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two runs and a triple. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one triple the last three times he's played.
Hallmark wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Drew Saucedo, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, sadly, SA Roosevelt is still looking for their first win of the season after 24 matchups. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 10-0 to Churchill, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Brandeis' win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-8. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs per game. As for SA Roosevelt, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-24.
Everything went Brandeis' way against SA Roosevelt when the teams last played back in March as Brandeis made off with a 10-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Brandeis since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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